Expedite - Law Dictionary Search Results
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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