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fishing expedition

An investigation searching for evidence of wrongdoing with no credible evidence of such wrongdoing available at the outset of the investigation and often without specifying in advance the wrongdoing to be proven

Foreign Enlistment Act

by s. 11, if any person within the British Dominions 'prepares or fits out any naval or military expedition to proceed against the dominions of any friendly state,' such person and any persons employed in any capacity

Filibuster

infesting the Spanish American coasts but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851 and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua in 1855

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Expeditious

Possessed of or characterized by expedition or efficiency and rapidity in action performed with or acting with expedition quick having celerity speedily as an

Guillotine

the purpose in the House. It is applied to the various stages of Bills and in designed to expedite their passage by means of a time table allotting a certain number of days to the different stages

small claims court

small claims court : a special court intended to simplify and expedite the resolution of minor disputes involving small claims

Expedition

The quality of being expedite efficient promptness haste dispatch speed quickness as to carry the mail with expedition

Expediteness

Quality of being expedite

Expediate

To hasten to expedite

street name

a brokerage firm's name in which securities owned by another (as an individual investor) are listed (as to expedite transfer at time of sale by avoiding handling of the actual certificates)

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