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BELL CURVE
A curve shaped like a bell that indicates normal distribution .
BELL-SHAPED-CURVE PORTFOLIO
A portfolio that mostly invests in bonds with medium maturity rates. Smaller amounts are invested in small and long maturity bonds. When graphed it lookes like a bell. Refer to […]
BELLIGERENT
In international law . A term used to designate either of two nations which are actually in a state of war with each other, as well as their allies actively […]
BELLIGERENT RIGHTS
These are the rights that are exercised during the conduct of a war.
BELLO PARTA CEDUNT REIPUBLICSE
Things acquired in war belong or go to the state. 1 Kent, Comm. 101; 5 C. Rob. Adm. 173, 181; The Joseph, 1 Gall. 558, Fed. Cas. No. 7,533. The […]
BELLS AND WHISTLES
Extra features added to make it look better than its competitors.
BELLUM
Lat In public law. War. An armed contest between nations; the state of those who forcibly contend with each other. Jus belli, the law of war.
BELLWETHER STOCK
When a securities price changes are an indicator of the market.
BELLY CARGO
Cargo placed under the main deck of an aircraft or ship. Refer to deck cargo.
BELLY OF THE CURVE
The intermediate maturities of the YIELD CURVE , generally considered to include the three to sevenyear sector. See also LONG END, SHORT END.
BELLY UP
A failed venture, or a company that has filed for VOLUNTARY BANKRUPTCY or INVOLUNTARY BANKRUPTCY
BELONGING TO
This term means that a person has the legal ownership of something.
BELONGINGS
This term applies to all personal property including land and any other type of property.
BELOW
In practice . Inferior; of inferior jurisdiction , or jurisdiction in the first instance . The court from which a cause is removed for review is called the “court below.” […]
BELOW COST
Acknowledging an expense when it is incurred. When paid the tranaction is recorded.
BELOW MARKET INTEREST RATE
A rate that is less than the commercial bank lending rate. They are offered to the low or moderate income customers.
BELOW PAR
A security that sells below par value. It is discounted. The face value is 100 and the discount is a factor of 100. AKA at a discount .
BELOW THE LINE
1. items not in the account total. They have no effect on gain or loss in the period. 2. using promotional methods that the marketer controls. No commission is earned […]
BELT AND SUSPENDERS
A bank that is cautios about lending. Risk is avoided with redundant safety procedures.
BENCH
A seat of judgment or tribunal for the administration of justice; the seat occupied by judges in courts; also the court itself, as the “King’s Bench,” or the aggregate of […]
BENCH LEGISLATION
the decisions of a judge that are contrary to the law and that should have been left to state or federal legislative governments to decide.
BENCH TRIAL
the trial where the judge will find the facts and also apply the law instead of letting a jury decide the law.
BENCH WARRANT
Process issued by the court itself, or “from the bench,” for the attachment or arrest of a person; either in case of contempt, or where an indictment has been found, […]
BENCHERS
In English law . Seniors in the inns of court , usually, but not necessarily, queen’s counsel , elected by co-optation , and having the entire management of the property […]