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Home Dictionary Name: prefer Page: 3Fraudulent preferences
Fraudulent preferences. Every conveyances or tran-sfer of property or charge thereon made, every payment made, every obligation incurred, and every judicial proceeding taken or suffered by any person unable to pay his debts as they became due from his own moneys, in favour of any creditor, with a view of giving such creditor a preference over other creditors, is fraudulent and void as against the trustee in bankruptcy if the debtor becomes bankrupt within three months, Bankruptcy Act, 1914, s. 44; and see Companies Act, 1925, s. 265, in regard to winding-up of companies....
family fourth preference
family fourth preference A category of family immigration (F4) for brothers and sisters of American citizens and their spouses and children. The American citizen must be 21 years of age or older before he/she can file the petition. Before 1992 this was known as Fifth Preference (P-5). Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
family second preference
family second preference A category of family immigration (F2) for spouses, children and unmarried sons and daughters of lawful permanent residents. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
Preferred work
Preferred work, means any work which is taken up for implementation on a priority basis under a scheme. [National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (42 of 2005), s. 2(k)]...
Preference of appeal
Preference of appeal, means more than formally filing it, Commissioner of Income Tax v. B.N. Battacharjee, (1979) 3 SCR 1133....
Imperial preference
Imperial preference. Preferential customs, rates and other trade advantages agreed to be conceded by the British Government of the United Kingdom on goods consigned from and grown, produced or manufactured in the British Empire, i.e. (for this purpose), the Dominions including India, terri-tories under protection and mandated territories, by Order in Council. See (English) Finance Act, 1919, s. 8, as amended by the Import Duties Act, 1932, s. 1; and see (English) the Ottawa Agreements Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 32), giving effect to the Ottawa Conference by modification of customs duties and providing further for Imperial pre-ference; see also (English) Isle of Man Customs Acts, 1933 and 1934....
Cathedral preferments
Cathedral preferments, all deaneries, archdeaconries, and canonries, and generally all dignities and officers in any cathedral or collegiate church, below the rank of a bishop. Consult Stephens on the clergy....
Preferment
The act of choosing or the state of being chosen preference...
Preferably
In preference by choice...
Preferableness
The quality or state of being preferable...
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