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Home Dictionary Name: secondarilyexoneration
exoneration 1 : the act of disburdening or discharging (as from a charge, liability, obligation, duty, or responsibility) ;also : the state of being so freed 2 a : the right of a person who has paid a debt for which he or she is only secondarily liable to be reimbursed by the person primarily liable b : the right of a surety to require a person or estate that is subject to a liability for which the surety is secondarily liable to discharge the liability thus relieving the surety ;also : the equitable remedy by which the surety compels discharge of the liability ...
principal
principal 1 : being the main or most important, consequential, or influential [their place of business] [the obligor] 2 : of, relating to, or constituting principal or a principal [the amount of the loan] n 1 : a participant in an action or transaction esp. having control or authority [the s of a business]: as a : one who engages another to act for him or her subject to his or her general control or instruction : one from whom an agent derives authority to act compare fiduciary b : one who commits a crime or instigates, encourages, or assists another to commit it esp. when constructively or actually present see also accessory principal in the first degree : a principal under common law who intentionally commits and is actually or constructively present at the commission of a crime principal in the second degree : a principal under common law who aids, encourages, or commands another to commit a crime and is actually or constructively present when it is committed c : the per...
Obvolute
Overlapping contorted convolute applied primarily in botany to two opposite leaves each of which has one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other and secondarily to a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap...
Secondarily
In a secondary manner or degree...
B' List
'B' List. 'B' List is prepared by the Liquidator of a company on being wound up which includes the names of shareholders who are ceased to be, but they had been the shareholder during preceding twelve months and they are secondarily liable to contribute. See CONTRIBUTORY.B List, means the list of past members who have ceased to be members within a year of the beginning of the winding up, Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 8(1), Para 1720, p. 1253....
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