| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ayuda a familias con hijos dependientes | Asistencia pública pagada en nombre de niños que no cuentan con el apoyo de uno o ambos de sus padres debido a una discapacidad o ausencia continuada del hogar. |
| Bail | Money or other form of security the judge requires to be held by the court to ensure that a criminal defendant, released while awaiting trial, will be in court for the trial. Bail is returned when the defendant returns for trial. |
| Bail | Money or other form of security the judge requires to be held by the court to ensure that a criminal defendant, released while awaiting trial, will be in court for the trial. Bail is returned when the defendant returns for trial. |
| Bailiff | Courtroom attendant responsible for keeping order in the courtroom and supervising the jury. |
| Bailiff | Courtroom attendant responsible for keeping order in the courtroom and supervising the jury. |
| Bank | Includes commercial banks, savings banks, trust companies, and any person or association of persons, whether incorporated or not, carrying on the business of banking. |
| Basis for compensation | An hourly rate, a fixed fee or contingency fee agreement and reimbursable costs. |
| Bench | The seat where a judge sits in court. |
| Bench | The seat where a judge sits in court. |
| Beneficiary | As it relates to a trust beneficiary, includes a person who has any present or future interest, vested or contingent, and also includes the owner of an interest by assignment or other transfer. As it relates to a charitable trust, beneficiary includes any person entitled to enforce the trust. As it relates to a beneficiary of a beneficiary designation, beneficiary refers to a beneficiary of an insurance or annuity policy, an account with pay on death designation, a security registered in beneficiary form or a pension, profit sharing, retirement or similar benefit plan, or any other nonprobate transfer at death. As it relates to a beneficiary designated in a governing instrument, beneficiary includes a grantee of a deed, a devisee, a trust beneficiary, a beneficiary of a beneficiary designation, a donee, appointee or taker in default of a power of appointment and a person in whose favor a power of attorney or a power held in any person, fiduciary or representative capacity is exercised. |
| Beneficiary designation | Refers to a governing instrument naming a beneficiary of an insurance or annuity policy, of an account with pay on death designation, of a security registered in beneficiary form or of a pension, profit sharing, retirement or similar benefit plan, or any other nonprobate transfer at death. |
| Beneficiary form | A registration of a security that indicates the present owner of the security and the intention of the owner regarding the person who will become the owner of the security on the death of the owner. |
| Benefit plan | The plan an employer has for the benefit of an employee or partner. |
| Best Interest Attorney | The court may appoint an attorney to represent the interests of a minor or dependent child with respect to the support, custody and parenting time of the child. |
| Biological Father | The man who fathers a child by impregnating the mother. |
| Board of Supervisors | Local governing body at the county level. |
| Board of Supervisors | Local governing body at the county level. |
| Bond | An amount of money that an Appellant deposits with the court while waiting for the decision of the higher court. This money will be used to pay the costs of the Appellee if the Appellant loses his or her appeal. |
| Bono | Una cantidad de dinero que un Apelante deposita en la corte mientras espera la decisión de la corte superior. |
| Bono en garantía | Un bono o una cantidad de dinero, que se queda en la corte mientras una apelación está en proceso. |