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Mainsail

The principal sail in a ship or other vessel

mainspring

The principal or most important spring in a piece of mechanism especially the moving spring of a watch or clock

Scarificator

An instrument principally used in cupping containing several lancets moved simultaneously by a spring for making slight incisions

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Liechtenstein

a small principality in central Europe

commercialized

organized principally for financial gain

Bhutan

a principality in the Himalayas northeast of India

trust

the establishment of such a relationship see also beneficiary, cestui que trust, corpus declaration of trust at declaration, principal, settlor NOTE: Trusts developed out of the old English use. The traditional requirements of a trust are a

agency

;also : the power of one in such a relationship to act on behalf of another NOTE: A principal is bound by and liable for acts of his or her agent that are within the scope of

authority

act granted by someone in a position of control ;specif : the power to act granted by a principal to his or her agent actual authority : the authority that a principal in reality has granted to

Agent

done it himself. See BROKER, FACTOR, MERCANTILE AGENT, VICARIOUS RESPONSIBILITY, and consult Bowstead on Agency or Evans on Principal and Agent. Where the principal is disclosed, only the principal can be sued. Where the principal is not

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