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withdraw -drew -drawn -draw·ing vt 1 : to remove (money) from a place of deposit or investment 2 : to dismiss (a juror) from a jury 3 a : to eliminate from consideration or set outside a category or group [ his candidacy] b : to cease to proceed with [withdrew the question after an objection was sustained] c : to take back [ a plea] d : to remove (a motion) from consideration under parliamentary procedure vi 1 : to remove oneself from participation [ from a case] ;specif : to cease participation in a conspiracy by an affirmative act of renunciation esp. involving confession to the authorities or communication of abandonment to co-conspirators 2 : to remove a motion from consideration under parliamentary procedure ...
lepton
an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions but does not participate in the strong interaction it has a baryon number of 0 Some known leptons are the electron the negative muon the tau minus particle and the neutrinos associated with each of these particles...
pyramid
pyramid 1 : a group of holding companies superimposed on one another to give those in control of the top holding company control over all of the companies with a small investment 2 : the series of operations involved in pyramiding on an exchange 3 : a pyramid scheme vi : to speculate (as on a security or commodity exchange) by using paper profits as a margin for additional transactions vt 1 : to use (as profits) in speculative pyramiding 2 : to increase the impact of (as a tax assessed at the production level) on the ultimate consumer by treating as a cost subject to markup adj : of, relating to, or being an illegal scheme in which participants give money or other valuables in exchange for the opportunity to receive payment for recruiting others to participate in the scheme ...
privity
privity pl: -ties [Old French privité privacy, secret, from Medieval Latin privitat- privitas, from Latin privus private] 1 : the direct connection or relationship between parties to a contract or transaction (as a purchase) [ of contract] see also horizontal privity, vertical privity NOTE: Formerly a suit for breach of warranty or negligence arising from a product could only be brought by a party to the original contract or transaction, and only against the party (as a retailer) directly dealt with. Only these parties had privity. Under modern laws and doctrines of strict liability and implied warranty, however, the right to sue has been extended to those, such as third-party beneficiaries and members of a purchaser's household, whose use of a product is foreseeable. 2 a : a mutual or successive interest esp. in the same rights of property (as by inheritance or purchase) ;also : the condition of having such an interest see also horizontal privity, vertical privity b : an ...
join
join 1 : to unite so as to form one unit [ the claims in one action] 2 a : to align oneself with esp. in a legal matter [she ed her husband as plaintiff] b : to cause or order (a person) to become a party to a lawsuit [if the person has not been so ed, the court shall order that the person be made a party "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 19(a)"] compare consolidate, implead, interplead, intervene c : to enter into or participate in [ the suit] vi 1 : to come together so as to form a unit [the other victims of the scheme ed in the suit] 2 : to commence involvement or participation [if the person should as a plaintiff but refuses to do so, the person may be made a defendant, or…an involuntary plaintiff "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 19(a)"] join·able adj join issue or join the issue 1 : to accept, fix on, or clearly define an issue as the subject of a legal dispute [refused to join issue by filing an answer with the court] 2 : to take an opposed p...
Kicker
Kicker, means (1) An extra charge or penalty, esp. a charge added to a loan in addition to interest. (2) An equity participation that a lender seeks as a condition for lending money, so that the lender may participate in rentals, profits, or extra interest, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 874....
Multiple disabilities
Multiple disabilities, means a combination of two or more disabilities as defined in clause (i) of s. 2 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996) means a combination of two or more disabilities as defined in cl. (i) of s. 2 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 (1 of 1996).[National Trust of Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999 (44 of 1999), s. 2(h)]...
Privy
Privy [fr. priv', Fr.], having a participation in some Act, so as to be bound thereby, see the word in this sense in the statutory implied covenant in Part vi. Of the Second Sch. Of the Law of Property Act, 1925, and Woodhouse v. Jenkins, (1832) 9 Bing 441. Also a participation in interest or knowledge. See PRIVIES. Also sanitary accommodation. The Public Health Acts (see PUBLIC HEALTH) aim at securing proper sanitary accommodation for every house. See Tracey v. Pretty, (1901) 1 KB 444.Privy CouncilThe sovereign nominates privy councillors, and no patent or grant is necessary. The number of the Council is indefinite, and is dependent upon the royal will. It is summoned on a warning of forty-four hours, and never held without the presence of a Secretary of State; the junior delivers his opinion first, and the sovereign, if present, last; it is dissolved six months after the demise of the Crown, unless sooner determined by the successor.Privy councillors, on taking the necessary oaths, b...
Rout
Rout, a disturbance of the peace by persons assembl-ing with an intention to do a thing which, if it be executed, will make them rioters, and actually making a motion towards its execution, 4 Steph. Com.The offense that occurs when an unlawful assembly makes some move toward the accomplishment of its participants' common purpose, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1330.Means the offence that occurs when an unlawful assembly makes some move towards the accomplishment of its participants' common purpose, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1330....
security
security pl: -ties 1 a : something (as a mortgage or collateral) that is provided to make certain the fulfillment of an obligation [used his property as for a loan] b : surety see also security for costs 2 : evidence of indebtedness, ownership, or the right to ownership ;specif : evidence of investment in a common enterprise (as a corporation or partnership) made with the expectation of deriving a profit solely from the efforts of others who acquire control over the funds invested [a involves some form of investment contract] see also due diligence asset-backed security : a security (as a bond) that represents ownership in or is secured by a pool of assets (as loans or receivables) that have been securitized bearer security : a security (as a bearer bond) that is not registered and is payable to anyone in possession of it cer·tif·i·cat·ed security [sər-ti-fə-kā-təd-] : a security that belongs to or is divisible into a class or series o...
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