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BOULEVARD – an improved strip of land between the
roadway and the sidewalk, or between two
opposing roadways.

BOW STREET RUNNERS – an early group of English
criminal investigators who operated as directed by
a court which was located in the Bow Street,
London.

BRAIN DEATH – death occurs when there is
irreversible coma absence of electrical brain
activity and complete cessation of all the vital
functions without possibility of resuscitation.

BRAIN LESION THEORY - the theory that tumors
and seizures have been associated with aggression
and violent behavior

BRAWNER RULE – it provides that “a person is not
responsible for criminal conduct if at the time of
the conduct as a result of mental disease or defect
he lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate
the criminality of his conduct or to conform his
conduct to the requirements of law.”

BREECH - the rear extremity of the rifle.

BREECH BLOCK - the steel block which closes the
rear of the bore against the force of the charge;
the face of this block is known as Breech face.

BREECH BOLT – the part of the breech that resist the
rearward force of the combustion that occurs when
a cartridge is discharge.

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