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Lame Duck

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Lame duck, a cant term on the Stock Exchange meaning that a broker or jobber cannot fulfil his contracts; it is libellous, Morris v. Langdale, (1800) 2 Bos & Pul 284.

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