Distant - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: distantNebula
A faint cloudlike self luminous mass of matter situated beyond the solar system among the stars The term was originally applied to any diffuse luminous region Now technically it is applied to interstellar clouds of dust and gases diffuse nebula However distant galaxies and very distant star clusters often appear like them in the telescope such as the spiral nebula in Andromeda known now to be a distant galaxy...
devolve
devolve de·volved de·volv·ing [Medieval Latin devolvi, passive of devolvere to roll down, from Latin, from de down, away + volvere to roll] 1 : to pass by transfer or succession [the estate devolved to a distant cousin] 2 : to fall or be passed usually as an obligation or responsibility [in case of the removal of the President from office, or of his…inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall on the Vice President "U.S. Constitution art. II"] ...
fund
fund 1 : a sum of money or other resources whose principal or interest is set aside for a specific objective cli·ent security fund : a fund established by each state to compensate clients for losses suffered due to their attorneys' misappropriation of funds common trust fund : an in-house trust fund established by a bank trust department to pool the assets of many small trusts for greater diversification in investing executor fund : a fund established in estate planning to provide for the payment of final expenses by an executor joint wel·fare fund : a fund that is established by collective bargaining to provide health and welfare benefits to employees and that is jointly administered by representatives of labor and management paid-in fund : a reserve cash fund in lieu of a capital stock account set up by mutual insurance companies to cover unforeseen losses sink·ing fund : a fund set up and accumulated by regular deposits for paying off the principal on a debt...
inconvenient forum
inconvenient forum : an inappropriate or oppressive forum (as one in a distant jurisdiction) for a legal action ;esp : one to which the doctrine of forum non conveniens is applicable ...
remittance
remittance 1 a : a sum of money remitted b : an instrument by which money is remitted 2 : transmittal of money (as to a distant place) ...
Biquintile
An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other by twice the fifth part of a great circle that is twice 72 degrees...
Bring
To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be to bear from a more distant to a nearer place to fetch...
Center
A point equally distant from the extremities of a line figure or body or from all parts of the circumference of a circle the middle point or place...
Chilling
Making chilly or cold depressing discouraging cold distant as a chilling breeze a chilling manner...
Chronopher
An instrument signaling the correct time to distant points by electricity...
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