BLANK

A space left unfilled In a written document, In which one or more words or marks are to be inserted to complete the sense. Angle v. Insurance Co., 92 U. S. 337, 23 L. Ed. 556. Also a skeleton or printed form for any legal document, in which the nece ary and invariable words are printed In their proper order, with blank spaces left for the inse1"tion of such. names, dates, figures, additional clauses, etc., as may be nece ary to adapt the Instrument fo the part ict i lar case and to the design of the party using it..:..Blank acceptance. An acceptance of a bill of exchange written on the paper before the bill is made, and delivered by the acceptor.- Blank bar. Also called the "common· bar." The name of a plea in bar which in an action of trespllSS is put in to oblige the plaintifl' to a ign the certain place where the trespa was committed. It was most in practice in the common bench. See Cro. Jac. 594.-Blank bonds. Scotch securities, in which the creditor's name was left blank, and which pa ed by mere delivery, the bearer being at liberty to put in his name and sue for payment. Declared· void by Act 1696, c. 25.--Blank indorsement. The indorsement of a bill of exchange or promi ory note, by merely writing the name of the indorser, without mentioning any person to whom the bill or note is to be paid; called "blank," because a blank or space is left 'OV'er it for the insertion of the name of the indorsee, or of any subsequent holder. Otherwise called an indorsement "in blank." 3 Kent, Comm. 89; Story, Prom. Notes, I 138. BLANKET POLIOY, In the law of fire Insurance. A policy which contemplates that the risk Is sh1!ting, fluctuating,· or varying, and is applied to a cla of property, rather" than to any particular ai'tl.cle or thing. l [s. 144]