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  • B.C.L.
    B.C.L.
    abbreviation
    Bachelor of Civil Law.
  • BCL
    BCL
    abbreviation
    Bachelor of Civil Law

B.C.L.

American  

abbreviation

  1. Bachelor of Civil Law.


BCL British  

abbreviation

  1. Bachelor of Civil Law

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He was educated first at L'Assomption College, and subsequently at McGill University, where he took his degree of B.C.L. in 1864.

From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by Dent, John Charles

After the required lapse of time Mr. Pelletier passed such a creditable examination that the University, on the 15th of September, 1858, conferred on him the degree of B.C.L.

From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by Dent, John Charles

At the University of Oxford, England, this degree is conferred four years after receiving the degree of B.C.L.

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer

B.C.L., an honorary member, was asked to prepare an account of that victory, and kindly responded by his lecture, which he delivered before the Society on March 8th, 1889.

From An Account of the Battle of Chateauguay Being a Lecture Delivered at Ormstown, March 8th, 1889 by Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw)

With time and money, the degrees of M.A. or B.C.L., and eventually D.C.L., may be obtained, without farther examination. 

From Rides on Railways by Sidney, Samuel

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