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F.O.W., these letters used in a charter-party mean 'first open water,' that is, immediately after the ice breaks up sufficiently to allow of safe navigation....
b.f.o.q.
b.f.o.q. Short for the phrase "bona fide occupational qualification," in the employment discrimination context a B.F.O.Q. may absolve an employer from liability for discrimination when there is a legitimate reason to require, for example, that all of the employees working a particular job be of the same sex or age. The successful use of a B.F.O.Q. defense by an employer is rare in discrimination cases. ...
F.O.B.
F.O.B. free on board ...
F.O.B
F.O.B., free on board, a term frequently inserted in contracts for the sale of goods to be conveyed by ship, meaning that the cost of shipping will be paid by the buyer. When goods are so sold in London the buyer is considered as the shipper, and the goods when shipped are at his risk, See Green v. Sichel, (1860) 29 LJCP 213....
equity
equity pl: -ties [Latin aequitat- aequitas fairness, justice, from aequus equal, fair] 1 a : justice according to fairness esp. as distinguished from mechanical application of rules [prompted by considerations of ] [comity between nations, and require it to be paid for "F. A. Magruder"] b : something that is equitable : an instance of equity [the inequities produced by the system are outnumbered by the equities] 2 a : a system of law originating in the English chancery and comprising a settled and formal body of substantive and procedural rules and doctrines that supplement, aid, or override common and statutory law [the judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and , arising under this Constitution "U.S. Constitution art. III"] see also chancery compare common law, law NOTE: The courts of equity arose in England from a need to provide relief for claims that did not conform to the writ system existing in the courts of law. Originally, the courts of equity exercised great ...
O
O the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet derives its form value and name from the Greek O through the Latin The letter came into the Greek from the Phoelignician which possibly derived it ultimately from the Egyptian Etymologically the letter o is most closely related to a e and u as in E bone AS bamacrn E stone AS stamacrn E broke AS brecan to break E bore AS beran to bear E dove AS dumacrfe E toft tuft tone tune number F nombre...
F
F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet and a nonvocal consonant Its form and sound are from the Latin The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma unr which probably had the value of English w consonant The form and value of Greek letter came from the Phoelignician the ultimate source being probably Egyptian Etymologically f is most closely related to p k v and b as in E five Gr pente E wolf L lupus Gr lykos E fox vixen fragile break fruit brook v t E bear L ferre See Guide to Pronunciation sectsect 178 179 188 198 230...
sound
sound 1 a : free from injury or disease : exhibiting normal health b : free from flaw, defect, or decay [a design] 2 a : free from error, fallacy, or misapprehension [based on judicial reasoning] b : legally valid [a title] 3 : showing good judgment or sense sound·ly adv sound·ness n of sound mind : having the mental capacity to make a will esp. as demonstrated by the ability to understand the nature of one's property, identify the natural objects of one's bounty, and understand the nature of the dispositions being made in the will vi : to be based or founded : have a specified basis for an action used with in [those remedies for rent which ed in contract "O. W. Holmes, Jr."] [ing in tort] ...
C.I.F
C.I.F.--'Cost, insurance, and freight.' Sometimes written C.F.I. These letters in a mercantile contract denote that the price named includes the price of the goods (cost), their insurance during transit to the purchaser, and the carriage (freight). As to obligations of parties to a C.I.F. contract, see Biddell Bros. v. Clemens Horst, 1911 (1) KB 952; 1912 AC 18; Manbre Saccharine Co. v. Corn Products, 1919 (1) KB 198; Wilson Holgate v. Belgian Grain Co., 1920 (2) KB 1....
P.O.D. account
P.O.D. account [Payable On Death] : an account payable on request to an original party or upon the party's death to one or more designated beneficiaries NOTE: A P.O.D. account is one of the few vehicles for the transfer of a decedent's property outside of probate. ...
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