Margin

Marginal note

Marginal note, an abstract of a reported case, a summary of the facts, or brief statement of the principle decided, which is prefixed to the report of the case, usually in the earlier reports placed in the margin, and corresponding to the head-notes of later times and the present day 'marginal notes are often conveniently appended to documents of any kind.The marginal notes which appear in the statute-books as printed by the King's Printers have not the authority of the legislature, and cannot alter the interpretation of the text. See Claydon v. Green, (1868) LR 3 CP 5, per Willes, J.; Sutton v. Sutton, (1882) 22 Ch D 5, per Jessel, M.R. In the Revised Statutes they have been revised throughout to make them in accordance with the text; and in Chitty's Statutes of Practical Utility they have been much added to, abridged, or altered.In some private Acts of Parliament the marginal notes may form part of the Act, Re Working, etc., Act, 1911 (1914) 1 Ch 300, per Phillimore, LJ....

margin call

A demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement caused by the decline in market prices of a security or commodity purchased on margin5...

margin account

margin account ...

margin 1 : the difference between net sales and the cost of the merchandise sold from which expenses are usually met or profits derived 2 : the amount by which the market value of collateral is greater than the face value of a loan 3 a : cash or collateral deposited in a regulated amount by a client with a broker who is financing the purchase of securities see also regulation t b : a deposit made with a broker by a client who is trading in futures ...

Margin

A border edge brink verge as the margin of a river or lake...

margin stock

margin stock see stock ...

Maximum marginal rate

Maximum marginal rate, means the rate of wealth-tax applicable in relation to the highest slab of wealth in the case of an individual as specified in part I of Schedule I. [Wealth-tax Act, 1957 (27 of 1957), s. 2 (lc)]...

marginal cost

The increase in total cost of production as a result of producing one more unit of output since certain ovrhead costs are fixed the marginal cost is almost aways less than the total per unit cost of production averaged over all units produced...

Marginated

Same as Marginate a...

marginality

the property of being marginal or on the fringes...

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