A forcible escape, typically from prison or suddenly and extremely popular or successful.
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BREAKOUT SESSION
Small group sessions, held during the main event, formed to focus on specific subjects relevant to the gathering.
BREAKPOINT
In software development , is an intentional stopping or pausing place in a program, put in place for debugging purposes.
BREAKTHROUGH
A sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development , esp. in science
BREAKTHROUGH GOAL
The goal at which an improvement must be made in all aspects of your business that results in a clear competitive advantage .
BREAKTHROUGH THINKING
Any sudden unexpected discovery, or the sudden realization of the solution to a problem, resulting in a eureka moment.
BREAKTHROUGH TIME
The time that elapses between the time the challenge chemical first contacts the test specimen.
BREAKUP VALUE
Assessment of the remaining assets of a company on winding up after all liabilities have been paid. Such assets are available for distribution to shareholders of the company.
BREAST OF THE COURT
A metaphorical expression, signifying the conscience, discretion, or recollection of the judge. During the term of a court, the record is said to remain “in the breast of the judges […]
BREATH
In medical jurisprudence . The air expelled from the lungs at each expiration.
BREATH ALCOHOL LEVEL (BAC)
Another word for blood alcohol level which is determined to measure someone’s legal limit to drive or operate a motor vehicle.
BREDWITE
In Saxon and old English law. A fine, penalty, or amercement imposed for defaults in the assise of bread. Cowell.
BREEDER’S INSURANCE POLICY
Insurance coverage for the damage, theft or loss of bred animals. A breeder’s insurance policy may also cover veterinary bills for animals in the event of illness or accident, as […]
BREHON
In old Irish law. A judge. 1 Bl. Comm. 100. Brehons, (brcitheamhuin,> judges.
BREHON LAW
The name given to the ancient system of law of Ireland as it existed at the time of its conquest by Henry II.; and derived from the title of the […]
BRENAGIUM
A payment in bran, which tenants anciently made to feed their lords’ hounds.
BREPHOTROPHI
In the civil law . Persons appointed to take care of houses destined to receive foundlings.
BRETHREN
This word, in a will, may include sisters, as well as brothers, of the person indicated; it is not necessarily limited to the masculine gender. Terry v. Brunson, 1 Rich. […]
BRETTON WOODS SYSTEM
Established the rules for commercial and financial relations among the world’s major industrial states in the mid 20th century. The Bretton Woods system was the first example of a fully […]
BRETTS AND SCOTTS, LAWS OF THE
A code or system of laws in use among the Celtic tribes of Scotland down to the beginning of the fourteenth century, and then abolished by Edward I. of England.
BRETTWALDA
In Saxon law. The ruler of the Saxon heptarchy.
BREVE DE RECTO
A writ of right , or license for a person ejected out of an estate, to sue for the possession of it.
BREVE INNOMINATNM
A writ making only a general complaint, without the details or particulars of the cause of action .
BREVE ITA DICITNR, QUIA REM DE QUA AGITNR, ET INTENTIONEM PETENTIS, PANELS VERBIS BREVITER ENARRAT
A writ is so called because it briefly states, in few words, the matter in dispute , and the object of the party seeking relief. 2 Inst. 39.
BREVE JNDICIALE DEBET SEQUI SNNM ORIGINALE, ET ACCESSORINM SNNM PRINCIPALS
Jenk. Cent 292. A judicial writ ought to follow its original, and an accessory its principal.