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Home Dictionary Name: mumu
The 12th letter of the Greek alphabet mu Mu...
commute
commute com·mut·ed com·mut·ing 1 : to convert (as a payment) into another form 2 : to change (a penalty) to one less severe esp. out of clemency compare pardon com·mu·ta·tion [kÄ -myə-tā-shən] n com·mu·ta·tive [kə-myü-tə-tiv, kÄ -myə-tā-tiv] adj ...
remove
remove re·moved re·mov·ing vt : to change the location, position, station, status, or residence of: as a : to have (an action) transferred from one court to another and esp. from a state court to a federal court see also separable controversy NOTE: Section 1441 et seq. of title 28 of the U.S. Code allows a defendant who is brought into a state court to remove the action to federal district court when diversity of citizenship exists, when the action involves a claim or right arising under the U.S. Constitution or under laws or treaties of the U.S., or when the defendant is a foreign country or its agency or instrumentality. Civil actions and criminal prosecutions brought against an officer or agency of the U.S. for any act under color of office may also be removed. b : to dismiss from office [an independent counsel…may be removed from office…only by the personal action of the Attorney General "U.S. Code"] c : to take away [should his incapacity be remo...
company
company pl: -nies : an association of persons for carrying on a commercial or industrial enterprise compare corporation, partnership finance company : a company that makes usually small short-term loans to individuals growth company : a company that grows at a greater rate than the economy as a whole and that usually directs a relatively high proportion of income back into the business holding company : a company whose sole function is to own and control other companies investment company : a company that earns income solely or primarily by holding and investing in securities issued by other companies or by government agencies joint-stock company : a business organization whose capital is represented by shares owned by stockholders each of whom is personally liable for the company's debts limited liability company : an unincorporated company formed under applicable state statute whose members cannot be held liable for the acts, debts, or obligations of the company and that ma...
fund
fund 1 : a sum of money or other resources whose principal or interest is set aside for a specific objective cli·ent security fund : a fund established by each state to compensate clients for losses suffered due to their attorneys' misappropriation of funds common trust fund : an in-house trust fund established by a bank trust department to pool the assets of many small trusts for greater diversification in investing executor fund : a fund established in estate planning to provide for the payment of final expenses by an executor joint wel·fare fund : a fund that is established by collective bargaining to provide health and welfare benefits to employees and that is jointly administered by representatives of labor and management paid-in fund : a reserve cash fund in lieu of a capital stock account set up by mutual insurance companies to cover unforeseen losses sink·ing fund : a fund set up and accumulated by regular deposits for paying off the principal on a debt...
immunize
immunize -nized -niz·ing : to grant immunity to [the ultimately ill-fated effort to state judges from the burdens of the federal income tax "J. K. Owens"] im·mu·ni·za·tion [i-myə-nə-zā-shən] n ...
movable
movable or move·able [mü-və-bəl] adj : capable of being moved or moveable n : an item of movable property ;also : a right or interest (as a chattel mortgage) in an item of movable property [bonds and annuities are incorporeal s] often used in pl. compare immovable ...
movant
movant or mov·ent [mü-vənt] n : the party who makes a motion ...
mutual
mutual 1 : directed by each toward the other : reciprocal [ orders of protection in domestic violence cases "L. H. Schafran and Norman Wikler"] 2 : shared in common : joint [spouses' obligation to support children of their marriage "Louisiana Civil Code"] 3 : of or relating to a plan whereby the members of an organization share in the profits and expenses ;specif : of, relating to, or taking the form of an insurance method in which the policyholders constitute the members of the insuring company mu·tu·al·ly adv ...
property
property pl: -ties [Anglo-French propreté proprieté, from Latin proprietat- proprietas, from proprius own, particular] 1 : something (as an interest, money, or land) that is owned or possessed see also asset, estate, interest, possession abandoned property : property to which the owner has relinquished all rights NOTE: When property is abandoned, the owner gives up the reasonable expectation of privacy concerning it. The finder of abandoned property is entitled to keep it, and a police officer may take possession of abandoned property as evidence without violating the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. after-acquired property 1 : property (as proceeds) that a debtor acquires after the commencement of a bankruptcy case and that is usually considered part of the bankruptcy estate 2 : property acquired after the perfection of a lien or security interest ;esp : such property acquired after the creation of a lien or security interest that is subject to the lien or...
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