Declining - Law Dictionary Search Results
De
A prefix from Latin de down from away as in debark decline decease deduct decamp In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis apart away or sometimes
Pyramid
To enlarge ones holding or interest in a series of operations on a continued rise or decline by using the profits to buy or sell additional amounts on a margin as where one buys on
Decay
from a sound prosperous or perfect state to one of imperfection adversity or dissolution to waste away to decline to fail to become weak corrupt or disintegrated to rot to perish as a tree decays fortunes decay
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correction
correction 1 : a decline in market price or business activity following and counteracting a rise 2 : the treatment and rehabilitation of
four corners rule
be used to challenge it NOTE: The number of states that accept the four corners rule is in decline.
jury
to be used in felony cases in the early 1200s as the use of the trial by ordeal declined. The questions put to those early juries were usually questions of fact or mixed questions of fact and
mortgage life and disability insurance
or make monthly payments in the case of disability. The amount of coverage decreases as the principal balance declines. There are many different terms of coverage determining amounts of payments and when payments begin and end. Source:
nuisance
nuisance [Anglo-French nusaunce, from Old French nuire to harm, from Latin nocēre] : something (as an act, object, or practice) that invades or interferes with another's rights or interests (as the use or enjoyment of property)...
order
order : an order to a broker to buy or sell a security when the price advances or declines to a designated level c : goods or items bought or sold [the was received in good condition]
penalty
party who fails to fulfill an obligation to another and that is punitive rather than compensatory [the court declined to enforce the contractual and determined actual damages instead]
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