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stipulate

stipulate -lat·ed -lat·ing [Latin stipulatus, past participle of stipulari to exact (as from a prospective debtor) a formal guarantee when making an oral contract] vi 1 : to make an agreement or covenant about something (as...

trust

in the property or as a lender holding mortgages on the property resulting trust : an implied trust based upon the presumed intentions of the parties as inferred from all the circumstances that the party holding legal

treasury index

treasury index can be used as the basis for adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) It is based on the results of auctions that the U.S. Treasury holds for its Treasury bills and securities. Source: U.S.

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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

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

stop

constitutes a limited seizure of a person for the purpose of inquiry or investigation and that must be based on reasonable suspicion see also terry stop compare arrest

step transaction doctrine

of separate but related transactions may be viewed as a single transaction and the tax liability may be based on that transaction rather than the individual transactions in the series

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stipulate

stipulate -lat·ed -lat·ing [Latin stipulatus, past participle of stipulari to exact (as from a prospective debtor) a formal guarantee when making an oral contract] vi 1 : to make an agreement or covenant about something (as...

trust

in the property or as a lender holding mortgages on the property resulting trust : an implied trust based upon the presumed intentions of the parties as inferred from all the circumstances that the party holding legal

treasury index

treasury index can be used as the basis for adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) It is based on the results of auctions that the U.S. Treasury holds for its Treasury bills and securities. Source: U.S.

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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

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

stop

constitutes a limited seizure of a person for the purpose of inquiry or investigation and that must be based on reasonable suspicion see also terry stop compare arrest

step transaction doctrine

of separate but related transactions may be viewed as a single transaction and the tax liability may be based on that transaction rather than the individual transactions in the series

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