Bail

:

Release after arrest

Bailiff

:

A sheriif’s officer

Bailment

:

Transfer of possession of goods by owner to another person for a particular purpose bailor (transferor) Bailee (Transferee)

Bankruptcy

:

Insolvency where liabilities are more than assets

Bar

:

Association of Advocates, a rod, strip

Battery

:

Application of force

Bench

:

Seat of Judge in Court

Bequeath

:

Giving property by will

Bestiality

:

Animal like behaviour, copulation between a person and an animal

Bias

:

One sided mental inclination

Bicameral

:

Legislative body having two chambers

Bigamy

:

Second marriage

Bigotry

:

Blind or excessive zeal

Bilateral contract

:

Contract involving two sides or affecting two sides

Bill

:

An act before it is passed

Bill of exchange

:

A document promising payment of a sum

Bill of rights

:

An accepted statement of rights of people

Bind

:

To tie, to make liable

Blasphemy

:

To speak contemptuously

Blood money

:

Money paid to hired assissin, compensation paid to the next of kin of victim

Bodily injury

:

Injury to person

Bonded labour

:

Labour without rights and wages

Booty

:

Plunder, money earned by wrongful means

Borstal Institution

:

Establishment for young delinquents

Breach of trust

:

Violating the norms of trust or misusing trust property

Bribery

:

Accepting bribe, illegal gratification

Burden of proof

:

Duty of prove

By-laws

:

Supplementary law, an inferred regulation