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issue
issue 1 pl : proceeds from a source of revenue (as an estate) [rents, s, and profits] 2 : one or more lineal descendants [died without ] compare child, heir 3 a : a vital question or problem [cited a national security ] [raised an of public safety] b : a matter of dispute between two or more parties ;specif : a single material point of fact or law in litigation that is affirmed by one side and denied by the other and that is a subject of the final determination (as by jury) of the proceedings genuine issue : an issue of fact that requires adjudication by trial rather than summary judgment because sufficient evidence exists to support a verdict for the party opposing the motion for summary judgment NOTE: The burden is on the party moving for summary judgment to show that no genuine issue is in dispute. issue of fact : a dispute about a material fact that is raised by pleadings and that must be resolved by a decision under the law in order to become res judicata issue of la...
municipal
municipal 1 : of or relating to the internal affairs of a major political unit (as a nation) [was sentenced by a court of , not international, jurisdiction] compare domestic 2 a : of, relating to, or characteristic of a municipality [the counsel] b : having local self-government [a district] 3 : restricted to one locality n : a security issued by a state or local government or by an authority set up by such a government usually used in pl. see also municipal bond at bond ...
Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange, a society of stockbrokers and dealers (or stockjobbers) for the conduct of the sale or purchase, on behalf of non-members, of Government securities and stocks or shares in public companies. See COMPANY. The members of the 'House' (as it is called) must be re-elected annually and pay a substantial annual subscrip-tion. In the transaction of business they are governed by certain usages, and by rules framed by the Committee of the Stock Exchange which bind their outside employers, if reasonable, but not otherwise, See Beilson v. James, (1882) 9 QBD 546 (CA), in which a custom to disregard Leeman's Act (see LEEMAN'S ACTS) was held unreasonable; Chitty on Contracts; and the works of Melsheimer and Laurence, Brodhurst, and Stutfield. Also, the place where they meet to transact business. See BROKER.Perhaps the most important of the London Stock Exchange Rules are Rules 66 and 75, by which:-66. The Stock Exchange does not recognize in its dealings any other parties than its own...
Regulation D
Regulation D : a regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission governing the limited offer and sale (as by a private offering) of unregistered securities ...
Consols
The leading British funded government security...
treasury
treasury pl: -sur·ies 1 a : a place in which stores of wealth are kept b : the place of deposit and disbursement of collected funds ;esp : one where public revenues are deposited, kept, and disbursed c : funds kept in such a depository 2 cap a : a governmental department in charge of finances and esp. the collection, management, and expenditure of public revenues b : the building in which the business of such a governmental department is transacted 3 cap : a government security (as a note or bill) issued by the Treasury ...
intraday
intraday : occurring in the course of a single day [the financing practices of Government securities dealers "Federal Register"] ...
bond
bond 1 a : a usually formal written agreement by which a person undertakes to perform a certain act (as appear in court or fulfill the obligations of a contract) or abstain from performing an act (as committing a crime) with the condition that failure to perform or abstain will obligate the person or often a surety to pay a sum of money or will result in the forfeiture of money put up by the person or surety ;also : the money put up NOTE: The purpose of a bond is to provide an incentive for the fulfillment of an obligation. It also provides reassurance that the obligation will be fulfilled and that compensation is available if it is not fulfilled. In most cases a surety is involved, and the bond makes the surety responsible for the consequences of the obligated person's behavior. Some bonds, such as fidelity bonds, function as insurance agreements, in which the surety promises to pay for financial loss caused by the bad behavior of an obligated person or by some contingency over w...
lien
lien [Anglo-French, bond, obligation, literally, tie, band, from Old French, from Latin ligamen, from ligare to bind] : a charge or encumbrance upon property for the satisfaction of a debt or other duty that is created by agreement of the parties or esp. by operation of law ;specif : a security interest created esp. by a mortgage assessment lien : a lien that is on property benefiting from an improvement made by a municipality and that secures payment of the taxes assessed to pay for the improvement attachment lien : a lien acquired on property by a creditor upon levy of an attachment car·ri·er's lien : a lien against freight conferring on the carrier the right to retain the property until the amount due is paid charging lien : a lien attaching to a judgment or recovery awarded to a plaintiff and securing payment of the plaintiff's attorney's fees and expenses called also special lien choate lien : a lien that requires no further action to be made enforceable and th...
Lien
Lien [answering to the tacita hypotheca of the Civil Law], a right in one man to retain that which is in his possession belonging to another, until certain demands of the person in possession are satisfied. It is neither a jus in re, nor a jus ad rem--i.e., it is not a right of property in the thing itself, or right of action to the thing itself.It is either particular, as a right to retain a thing for some charge or claim growing out of, or connected with, the identical thing; or general, as a right to retain a thing not only for such charges or claims, but also for a general balance of accounts between the parties in respect to other dealings of the like nature.General and particular liens may arise: (1) by an express contract; (2) by an implied contract, resulting from the usage of trade, or the manner of dealing between parties. General lines are not favoured in law, but some judicially recognized general lines are bankers', solicitors', factors', stockbrokers'. See Halsb. L.E., ti...
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