palinode a retraction. In Scots law, when DEFAMATION was a matter for the commissary courts, one remedy was a conclusion for a retraction to be made.

• bona vacantia
• Books of Council and Session
• borrowing
• borrowing powers
• borstal
• bottomry
• brain death
• breach of arrestment
• breach of confidence
• breach of contract
• breach of the peace
• breach of trust
• breach of warranty of authority
• breaking and entering
• brehon laws
• brief
• bright line
• British citizen
• British nationality
• British overseas citizens
• British-protected person
• British subject
• brothel-keeping
• brutum fulmen
• buggery