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letter ruling

letter ruling : a ruling (as of a court or administrative agency) that is made in a letter (as

Letters of marque

Letters of marque, commissions for extraordinary reprisals for reparation to merchants taken and despoiled by strangers at sea, grantable

Letter-claus

Letter-claus (liter' claus'), close letter, so called in contradistinction to letters-patent, because the former is commonly sealed up with

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Letters of request

Letters of request: (1) The mode of commencing an original suit in the Court of Arches, instead of proceeding

Comfort letter

Comfort letter, is a letter written usually by a parent company or a government to the lender giving comfort to

Letter of cover

Letter of cover, a letter of cover no doubt contains a contract of insurance but it is not a

Letter of credit

Letter of credit, a letter written by a merchant or correspondent to another, requesting him to credit the bearer

Letter-missive

Letter-missive. When a peer was made a defendant in the Court of Chancery, the Lord Chancellor sent a letter-missive

Letters of safe-conduct

Letters of safe-conduct. No subject of a nation at war with us can, by the law of nations, come

Patent Letters

Patent Letters. See LETTERS-PATENT.

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