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Bail

appearance of a defendant, that if he should be condemned in the action, he should satisfy the debt costs and damages, or render himself to prison, or that they would do it for him. Since the abolition

annual percentage rate (apr)

annual percentage rate (apr) a measure of the cost of credit, expressed as a yearly rate. It includes interest as well as other charges. Because all lenders,

Gloucester, Statute of

1), A.D. 1278, by which (among other things) a plaintiff recovering damages was first given a right to costs. Impliedly superseded by R.S.C., Ord. LXV., and expressly repealed by the Civil Procedure Acts Repeal Act, 1879 (42

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book value

on bookkeeping records as distinguished from market value: as a : the value of an asset equal to cost less depreciation b : the value of a corporation's capital stock expressed as its original cost less depreciation

loss

as a : decrease in value, capital, or amount compare gain b : an amount by which the cost of something (as goods or services) exceeds the selling price compare profit c : something unintentionally destroyed or

negative amortization

principal on your mortgage. Negative amortization occurs when the monthly payments do not cover all of the interest cost. The interest cost that isn't covered is added to the unpaid principal balance. This means that even after

rehabilitation mortgage

rehabilitation mortgage a mortgage that covers the costs of rehabilitating (repairing or Improving) a property; some rehabilitation mortgages - like the FHA's 203(k) - allow a

Aggravated assaults

give a convicted offender six months' imprisonment with hard labour or to fine him up to 20l. including costs (the maximum punishment for a common assault being two months' imprisonment, or a fine up to 5l.) and

Arbitration

the same rate as a judgment debt (s. 11), and an agreement that parties shall pay their own costs in any event is void (s. 12). The Statutes of Limitation apply to arbitration (s. 16), and a

average price

average price determining the cost of a home by totaling the cost of all houses sold in one area and dividing by the

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