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notional principal amount
notional principal amount the proposed amount which interest rate swap payments are based but generally not paid or received by either party. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
nolo contendere
that does not bar denial of the truth of the charges in another proceeding (as a civil action based on the same acts) called also no contest non vult contendere compare guilty, not guilty
rate
or degree of something measured per unit of something else b : an amount of payment or charge based on another amount ;specif : the amount of premium per unit of insurance rate vt
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rational basis test
under the Constitution [if the classification neither affects a fundamental right, nor creates a suspect classification, nor is based on gender, then the rational basis test is applied "Charlton v. Kimata, 815 P.2d 946 (1991)"] called also
tax-exempt
tax-exempt 1 : exempted from taxation ;also : based on such exemption [ status] 2 : providing interest or income that is exempted from taxation [a municipal
states' rights
states nor vested in the federal government by the U.S. Constitution 2 sing in constr : a doctrine based on states' rights that has been used to justify state resistance to federal authority in matters seen as
subject to the numerical limit
subject to the numerical limit Categories of legal immigrants subject to annual limits under the provisions of the flexible numerical limit of 675,000 set by the Immigration Act of 1990. The largest categories are: family-sponsored preferences;...
strike suit
strike suit : a derivative action based on no bona fide claim and brought with the intent to force defendants to settle out of court
strict construction
strict construction : interpretation (as of a writing or legislation) based on a literal or technical understanding of the words used
stop and frisk statute
statute : a state law that allows a police officer to stop any person without making an arrest based on a reasonable suspicion that the person has committed or is about to commit a crime
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notional principal amount
notional principal amount the proposed amount which interest rate swap payments are based but generally not paid or received by either party. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
nolo contendere
that does not bar denial of the truth of the charges in another proceeding (as a civil action based on the same acts) called also no contest non vult contendere compare guilty, not guilty
rate
or degree of something measured per unit of something else b : an amount of payment or charge based on another amount ;specif : the amount of premium per unit of insurance rate vt
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rational basis test
under the Constitution [if the classification neither affects a fundamental right, nor creates a suspect classification, nor is based on gender, then the rational basis test is applied "Charlton v. Kimata, 815 P.2d 946 (1991)"] called also
tax-exempt
tax-exempt 1 : exempted from taxation ;also : based on such exemption [ status] 2 : providing interest or income that is exempted from taxation [a municipal
states' rights
states nor vested in the federal government by the U.S. Constitution 2 sing in constr : a doctrine based on states' rights that has been used to justify state resistance to federal authority in matters seen as
subject to the numerical limit
subject to the numerical limit Categories of legal immigrants subject to annual limits under the provisions of the flexible numerical limit of 675,000 set by the Immigration Act of 1990. The largest categories are: family-sponsored preferences;...
strike suit
strike suit : a derivative action based on no bona fide claim and brought with the intent to force defendants to settle out of court
strict construction
strict construction : interpretation (as of a writing or legislation) based on a literal or technical understanding of the words used
stop and frisk statute
statute : a state law that allows a police officer to stop any person without making an arrest based on a reasonable suspicion that the person has committed or is about to commit a crime
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