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qualify

to vi 1 : to meet certain requirements or criteria [ for a tax credit] 2 : to acquire competent power or capacity [has just qualified as a lawyer]

purchase

purchase pur·chased pur·chas·ing vt 1 : to acquire (real property) by means other than descent or inheritance 2 : to obtain by paying money or giving

preempt

preempt 1 a : to acquire (land) by preemption b : to seize upon to the exclusion of others : take for oneself [a

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occupancy

the premises] 2 : the act or fact of taking or having possession (as of abandoned property) to acquire ownership 3 : the fact or condition of being occupied [ by more than 400 persons is unlawful]

interest

: the security interest of a person that gives value to a debtor so that the debtor may acquire rights in or the use of collateral reliance interest : the interest of a party to a breached

ex-rights

ex-rights : without rights NOTE: The purchaser of stock traded ex-rights does not acquire the right to purchase new securities at a discount prior to their public issuance because such right was

ESOP

ESOP [employee stock ownership plan] : a program by which a corporation's employees may acquire its capital stock

bond

bearer bond in this entry revenue bond : a bond issued by a public agency authorized to build, acquire, or improve a revenue-producing property (as a toll road) and payable solely out of the revenue derived from

attach

[affidavits ed to the suit "Rosalind Resnick"] 3 : to create a security interest in (property) and so acquire the right to foreclose on or otherwise deal with property for payment of a debt and to exercise

Universal partnership

in common all their property, universorum bonorum, not only what they then have, but also what they shall acquire, Civ. Law.

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qualify

to vi 1 : to meet certain requirements or criteria [ for a tax credit] 2 : to acquire competent power or capacity [has just qualified as a lawyer]

purchase

purchase pur·chased pur·chas·ing vt 1 : to acquire (real property) by means other than descent or inheritance 2 : to obtain by paying money or giving

preempt

preempt 1 a : to acquire (land) by preemption b : to seize upon to the exclusion of others : take for oneself [a

Keep your definitions linked to case research

occupancy

the premises] 2 : the act or fact of taking or having possession (as of abandoned property) to acquire ownership 3 : the fact or condition of being occupied [ by more than 400 persons is unlawful]

interest

: the security interest of a person that gives value to a debtor so that the debtor may acquire rights in or the use of collateral reliance interest : the interest of a party to a breached

ex-rights

ex-rights : without rights NOTE: The purchaser of stock traded ex-rights does not acquire the right to purchase new securities at a discount prior to their public issuance because such right was

ESOP

ESOP [employee stock ownership plan] : a program by which a corporation's employees may acquire its capital stock

bond

bearer bond in this entry revenue bond : a bond issued by a public agency authorized to build, acquire, or improve a revenue-producing property (as a toll road) and payable solely out of the revenue derived from

attach

[affidavits ed to the suit "Rosalind Resnick"] 3 : to create a security interest in (property) and so acquire the right to foreclose on or otherwise deal with property for payment of a debt and to exercise

Universal partnership

in common all their property, universorum bonorum, not only what they then have, but also what they shall acquire, Civ. Law.

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