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Bayeux tapestry

A piece of linen about 1 ft 8 in wide by 213 ft long covered with embroidery representing the incidents of William the Conquerors expedition to England preserved in the town museum of Bayeux in Normandy

stock

of a merchant or manufacturer 2 : the ownership element in a corporation usually divided into shares and represented by transferable certificates ;also : the certificate evidencing ownership of one or more shares of stock capital stock

share

interests or rights into which the entire capital stock of a corporation is divided b : a certificate representing such a share

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shop steward

shop steward : a union member elected or appointed to serve as the representative of the union in a plant, department, or shop and charged mainly with negotiating the settlement of grievances

solicitor

agent that solicits customers (as in insurance) or charitable contributions 2 : a British lawyer who advises clients, represents them in the lower courts, and prepares cases for barristers to try in higher courts 3 : the

solicitor general

a law officer appointed primarily to assist an attorney general ;also : a federal law officer responsible for representing the government in court and esp. the U.S. Supreme Court

deconstruction

contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning This method questions the ability of language to represent a fixed reality and proposes that a text has no stable meaning because words only refer to other

state's attorney

state's attorney : a district attorney that represents a state compare united states attorney

statute of frauds

a single entity. This is at least partially due to the great stature of the original law, which represents the general principle that a contract must be in writing to be enforceable. b : a provision in

substitution

substitution NOTE: Substitutions are prohibited. b : replacement of a party to an action with a successor or representative upon motion to the court when the party is unable to continue litigating (as because of death, incompetency,

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