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earmarking doctrine

specified creditor cannot be avoided by the trustee as a preference since the debtor never actually had control of the funds

Fraudulent preferences

Fraudulent preferences. Every conveyances or tran-sfer of property or charge thereon made,

Freedom of expression

641: (1985) 2 SCR 287. Freedom of voting by expressing preference for a candidate is nothing but freedom of expressing oneself

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debt

to a property transfer paying or securing the debt compare preference bad debt : a debt that cannot be collected NOTE:

Fraud

treated as fradulent by statute, see MISFEASANCE; PROSPECTUS; WINDING-UP; FRADULENT PREFERENCE; FRAUDULENT CONVEYANCES; PASSING OFF. Fraud and collusion vitiate even the

special immigrants

year 1992 and subject to limitation under the employment-based fourth preference beginning in 1992; persons who lost citizenship by marriage; persons

Indifferently

In an indifferent manner without distinction or preference impartially without concern wish affection or aversion tolerably passably

Elect

Chosen taken by preference from among two or more

Distinguishingly

With distinction with some mark of preference

Deference

A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another submission

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