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Deserter
One who forsakes a duty a cause or a party a friend or any one to whom he owes service especially a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave one guilty of desertion
Debt
That which is due from one person to another whether money goods or services that which one person is bound to pay to another or to perform for his benefit thing owed obligation liability
Chlorophyll
Literally leaf green a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves and other parts exposed to light of plants to which they owe their green color and through which all ordinary assimilation of...
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brasilin
A substance C16H14O5 extracted from brazilwood as a yellow crystalline powder which is white when pure It is colored intensely red by alkalies on exposure to the air being oxidized to brasilein unr C16H12O5 to which...
writ of garnishment
writ of garnishment a means of enforcing a judgment in which the defendant's property (e.g., a bank account, wages, or any debt owed to the defendant by someone else) is to be seized and is in...
threshold
threshold : a point of beginning : a minimum requirement for further action ;specif : a determination (as of fact or the existence of a reasonable doubt) upon which something else (as further consideration or a...
priority claim
priority claim An unsecured claim that is entitled to be paid ahead of other unsecured claims that are not entitled to priority status. Priority refers to the order in which these unsecured claims are to be...
special facts doctrine
special facts doctrine : a doctrine holding that a corporate officer with superior knowledge gained by virtue of being an insider owes a limited fiduciary duty to a shareholder in transactions involving transfer of stock
solidary
solidary [French solidaire characterized by community of interests, from Middle French, from Latin (in) solidum for the whole, involving all] in the civil law of Louisiana 1 : existing jointly and severally 2 : being a...
several
several [Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin separalis, from Latin separ separate] 1 a : of or relating separately to each individual involved ;specif : enforceable separately against each party [each promisor owed a duty] see also several...
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