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Deferred stock

Deferred stock. Stock in a company is frequently divided into 'preferred,' the holders of which are entitled to a fixed...

Vest, (1) Either to place in possession; to make possessor of; or, to give an absolute interest in property when...

Trout. The (English) Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act, 1923, consolidates and amends the enactments relating to salmon and trout and...

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Shop, a place where thins are kept for sale, usually in small quantities, to the actual consumers. By (English) Shops...

Public policy, connotes some matter which concerns public good and the public interest. Expression does not admit of precise definition....

Land-tax, means a tax laid upon land and houses, which in 1689 (1 Will. & Mary, c. 3) superseded all...

Annuity, in order to constitute an annuity, the payment to be made periodically should be a fixed or predetermined one,...

Debenture [fr. debeo, Lat., to owe] may be defined generally as a charge in writing [not necessarily sealed, see British...

security pl: -ties 1 a : something (as a mortgage or collateral) that is provided to make certain the fulfillment...

Criminal Appeal Act, 1907 (English) (7 Edw. 7, c. 23), came into force on the 19th April, 1908. For a...

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