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• one-bite rule — A legal rule, still in force in many states, that makes a dog owner legally responsible for injury caused by the dog only if the owner knew (or should have known) that the dog was likely to cause that kind of injury. The injured person must show… …   Law dictionary

• one bite rule — An old doctrine that every dog is entitled to one bite, such being enunciated as a basis for a rule that the owner of a vicious dog is not liable for an injury caused by the dog unless he knew or should have known of its dangerous propensities,… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• every dog is allowed one bite — The proverb is based on the old common law rule (dating at least from the seventeenth century) by which the keeper of a domestic animal was not liable for harm done by it unless he knew of its vicious propensities. Quot. 1913 explains the… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• One-bite etching — Одноступенчатое травление …   Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии

• bite — ► VERB (past bit; past part. bitten) 1) use the teeth to cut into something. 2) (of a snake, insect, or spider) wound with a sting, pincers, or fangs. 3) (of a fish) take the bait or lure on the end of a fishing line into the mouth. 4) (of a tool …   English terms dictionary

• bite — bite1 [ baıt ] (past tense bit [ bıt ] ; past participle bit|ten [ bıtn ] ) verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to use your teeth to cut or break something, usually in order to eat it: I wish you wouldn t bite your nails. bite into: Tom had… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• bite — I UK [baɪt] / US verb Word forms bite : present tense I/you/we/they bite he/she/it bites present participle biting past tense bit UK [bɪt] / US past participle bitten UK [ˈbɪt(ə)n] / US ** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to use your teeth to cut or… …   English dictionary

• bite — [[t]ba͟ɪt[/t]] ♦ bites, biting, bit, bitten 1) VERB If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you. [V n] Both… …   English dictionary

• bite — bite1 S2 [baıt] v past tense bit [bıt] past participle bitten [ˈbıtn] present participle biting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(teeth)¦ 2¦(insect/snake)¦ 3¦(press hard)¦ 4¦(effect)¦ 5¦(accept)¦ 6¦(fish)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• bite*/*/ — [baɪt] (past tense bit [bɪt] ; past participle bitten [ˈbɪt(ə)n] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to use your teeth to cut or break something, usually in order to eat it Stop biting your nails.[/ex] I ve just been bitten by a snake.[/ex] Tom bit into his… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• bite-size — also bite sized adjective Date: 1947 1. of a size that can be eaten in one bite < bite size pieces of chicken > 2. being or made small or brief especially so as to be easily manageable < bite size tasks > < bite size essays > …   New Collegiate Dictionary