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Attendant term
Attendant term. Terms for years in real property are created for many purposes, e.g., to furnish money for the payment of debts, to secure rent charges or jointures, to raise portions for younger children, daughters, etc....
Articles, Marriage
Articles, Marriage, An agreement made in consideration of marriage, generally to secure a provision by conveyance or settlement for the spouses or one of them and the children
Bank-credits
Bank-credits, accommodations allowed to a person generally on security given to a bank, upon which to draw money to an extent agreed upon … Bank-credits, accommodations allowed to a person generally on security given to a bank, upon which to draw money to an extent agreed upon
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Double or conditions bond
to be one accompanied by a condition in the nature of a defeasance, the performance of the condition generally being secured by a penalty. This form of bond is called a double or conditional bond, and consists
public offering
public offering : an offering of corporate securities to the general public or to potential purchasers whose level of knowledge or access to information about the securities is dependent
refinancing
refinancing paying off one loan by obtaining another; refinancing is generally done to secure better loan terms (like a lower interest rate). Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Pedagogue
A slave who led his masters children to school and had the charge of them generally … A slave who led his masters children to school and had the charge of them generally
Agriculture, Department of, for Scotland
Small Landholders (Scotland) Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 49), and which was charged with the general duty of promoting the interests of agriculture, forestry, and other rural industries in Scotland.
Negative
Negative. In general a negative cannot be proved or testified by witnesses, 2 Inst. 662. But this rule does not apply … another with a culpable omission or breach of duty; in such a case the person who makes the charge is bound to prove it, though it may involve a negative, for it is one of the first
Monition
Monition, 1. Generally, a warning or caution; Admonition. 2. Civil & Maritime law. A summons to appear in court as a
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