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of investment companies in order to protect the public against companies that do not intend to do a fair and honest business and that offer investments that do not promise a fair return so called because the

reasonably equivalent value

reasonably equivalent value : value that is a fair amount for property transferred by a debtor esp. in bankruptcy and that is not therefore evidence of a

rate base

rate base : the total fair value of public utility property that is used in rendering services and that comprises the investment on which

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due process to support the assertion of personal jurisdiction under a long-arm statute see also doing business statute, fair play and substantial justice International Shoe Co. v. Washington in the Important Cases section NOTE: In most cases,

Cattle

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. See Agriculture And Fisheries, Ministry Of. The weighing of cattle at markets and fairs is provided for by the (English) Markets and Fairs (Weighing of Cattle) Acts of 1887 and 1891 (50

duty

to use due care toward others in order to protect them from unnecessary risk of harm duty of fair representation : a duty obligating a labor union to represent the employees in its collective bargaining unit fairly

basis

period when payment is received or made called also cash method 3 : the value (as cost or fair market value) of an asset used in calculating capital gains or losses for income tax purposes adjusted basis

Discretion

exercise of judgment and a consideration of the facts and circumstances with are necessary to make a sound, fair and just determination and a knowledge of the facts upon which discretion may properly operate. When it is

Equitable distribution

Equitable distribution, in Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law, where 'equitable' has been stated to mean 'that which is fair', and to Corpus Juris Secundum to show that equitable is that which is done 'fairly, justly and impartially'.

Excess realisation

sale of levy sugar of such grade, in excess of-- (a) the controlled price, or (b) where any fair price has been fixed by a court for levy sugar of such grade, such fair price, and (ii)

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