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Priority

of such person shall be entitled to any priority or preference by reason merely that the same is secured by or

Privileged debts

Privileged debts, debts which an executor may pay in preference to all others, such as funeral expenses, etc. and see

Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854

their own traffic; (2) to abstain from giving an undue preference to any particular person or traffic; and (3) to forward

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country of chargeability

The independent country to which an immigrant entering under the preference system is accredited for purposes of numerical limitations. Source: U.S.

Supreme Court of Judicature

to each division to administer law and equity concurrently, with preference for the rules of equity, where they should be found

Voting

Dictionary it is explained as, 'the expression of one's will, preference, or choice, formally mani-fested by a member of a legislative

bill

who has no interest in the subject matter and no preference as to which defendant prevails called also strict bill of

assignment

debtor's property to be distributed fairly to the creditors compare preference wage assignment : an assignment by an employee by which

arbitrary

[protection from arrest and detention] 3 a : based on preference, bias, prejudice, or convenience rather than on reason or fact

alternative minimum tax

tentative minimum tax over regular tax liability see also tax preference item

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