See Also: transient 1, adjective(dictionary)
black 1, adjective(dictionary)
Black Flagged (Black Flag) - Motor Sports(gambling)
Black Action or Black Play - Blackjack(gambling)
transient(dictionary)
TRANSIENT(medicine)
transient agammaglobulinaemia(medicine)
transient albuminuria(medicine)
transient 2, noun(dictionary)
transient retinopathy(medicine)

BLACK MAIL (law) and transient 1, adjective (oh)


BLACK MAIL (law)


BLACK MAIL. When rents were reserved payable in work, grain, and the like, they were called reditus nigri, or black mail, to distinguish them from they were called reditus nigri, or black mail, to distinguish them from white rents or blanch farms, or such as were paid in money. Vide Alba firma. white rents or blanch farms, or such as were paid in money. Vide Alba firma.

transient 1, adjective (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: , present participle of transire 'to go across', from ire 'to go']
continuing only for a short time
::transient fashions
working or staying somewhere for only a short time
::a transient population
-- transience n [U]