Body

The principal part of anything as distinguished from its subordinate parts, as in the main part of an instrument. An individual, an organization, or an entity given legal recognition, such as a corporation or "body corporate." A compilation of laws known as a "body of laws."

BODY. A person.
2. In practice, when the sheriff returns cepi corpus to a capias, the plaintiff may obtain a rule, before special bail has been entered, to bring in the body and this must be done either by committing the defendant or entering special bail. See Dead Body.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

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the court did not strike down use of the Barr body test but held that it

CHANGING SEX/GENDER ROLES AND SPORT

(11) The implication is that Barr body analysis is more likely to exclude athletes unfairly than to detect those who cheat.

The science and management of sex verification in sport

Lyon of the Medical Research Council's Mammalian Genetics Unit in Harwell, England, proposed in 1960 the idea of X inactivation, with the shutoff chromosome becoming the Barr body. While some critics challenged Lyon's hypothesis, it quickly garnered enough support that X inactivation was called--and still is, by some scientists--Lyonization.

Silence of the Xs

Then they were evaluated with serum Follicular Stimulating Hormone (FSH) level, pelvic ultrasound and buccal smear for barr body. Finally the diagnosis was confirmed with karyotyping.

Gonadal dysgenesis--a case series from a single village

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