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Short-ford. The ancient custom of the city of Exeter is, when the lord of the fee cannot be answered rent due to him out of his tenement, and no distress can be levied for the same, he is to come to the tenement, and there take a stone, or some other dead thing of the said tenement, and bring it before the mayor and bailiffs; and this he must do seven quarter-days successively; and if, on the seventh quarter-day, the lord is not satisfied his rent and arrears then the tenement shall be adjudged to the lord to hold the same a year and a day; and forthwith proclamation is to be made in the Court, that if any man claim any title to the tenement, he must appear within the year and a day next following, and satisfy the lord of the said rent and arrears. But if no appearance be made, and the rent not paid, the lord comes again to the Court and prays that according to the custom the tenement be adjudged to him in his demesne as of fee, which is done, and the lord from thenceforth has it to hi...
Shortness
The quality or state of being short want of reach or extension brevity deficiency as the shortness of a journey the shortness of the days in winter the shortness of an essay the shortness of the memory a shortness of provisions shortness of breath...
Short lived
Not living or lasting long being of short continuance as a short lived race of beings short lived pleasure short lived passion...
Entering short
Entering short. When bills not due are paid into a bank by a customer, it is the custom of some bankers not to carry the amount of the bills directly to his credit, but to 'enter them short,' as it is called, i.e., to note down the receipt of the bills, their amounts, and the times when they become due in a previous column of the page, and the amounts when received are carried forward into the usual cash column. See Giles v. Perkins, (1807) 9 East 13. Sometimes, instead of entering such bills short, bankers credit the customer directly with the amount of the bills as cash, charging interest on any advances they may make on their account, and allow him at once to draw upon them to that amount. If the banker becomes bankrupt, the property in bills entered short, and not credited to the customer unless by way of advance, does not pass to his trustee, but the customer is entitled to them if they remain in his hands, or to their proceeds, if received, subject to any lien the banker may have...
Short Titles
Short Titles, of Acts of Parliament. First introduced for convenience of citation in 1845 by the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, and since then gradually more and more used in the case of particular Acts. General Short Titles Acts were also passed in 1892 and 1896, that of 1896 giving short titles to 2,076 Acts, of which 840 had had short titles given to them by the Act of 1892, which the Act of 1896 repeals. See ACT OF PARLIAMENT....
short
short 1 : treated or disposed of quickly in court [the calendar for causes] 2 a : not having goods or property that one has sold in anticipation of a fall in prices [a seller who was at the time of the sale] b : consisting of or relating to a sale of securities or commodities that the seller does not possess or has not contracted for at the time of the sale [a sale] [a position] NOTE: The purpose of a short sale is to profit from an anticipated drop in the price of a security or commodity. Typically, an investor directs a broker to borrow a quantity of stocks and to sell them at the current price. If the price drops, the investor then repurchases an equal quantity at the lower price, returns the borrowed stocks, and retains the difference in price as profit. If the price rises instead of falling, the investor may choose or be compelled to repurchase the stocks at a higher price and to accept a loss. adv : by or as if by a short sale [sold the stock ] ...
Short
Not long having brief length or linear extension as a short distance a short piece of timber a short flight...
Short cause
Short cause, an action in the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, where there is only a simple point for discussion and which counsel has certified as fit to be heard 'short', Felstead v. Gray, 1874 LR 18 Eq 92. As tot he entry in the Short Cause list of an action in the King's Bench Division, see R.S.C. Ord. XIV., r. 8....
short rate
short rate 1 : an insurance premium charge for less than a year of coverage that is more than a pro rata part of the annual premium 2 : an insurance policy written for less than one year called also short term ...
short term
short term : short rate ...
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