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Occupation and possession
Occupation and possession, the 'occupation' or 'possession' which is synonym of 'occupation' in this context may take various forms and even keeping the household effects and locking up that portion by the owner instead of
Dutch auction
up of property for sale by auction above its value, and gradually lowering the price till some person takes it. Dutch auction, is one where property is offered at a certain price and them successively at lower
collation
collation [French, from Latin collatio bonorum (in Roman law) contribution made by emancipated heirs to an estate under an intestate succession, literally, bringing together of goods] in the civil law of Louisiana : the actual or...
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Imbibe
To drink in to absorb to soak up to suck or take in to receive as by drinking as a person imbibes drink or a sponge imbibes moisture
greenmail
The act performed by a publicly traded corporation of paying a corporate raider to give up a takeover attempt by buying the shares of stock he owns also the threat posed by corporate raiders to take
Fineer
getting goods made up in a way unsuitable for the use of others and then threatening not to take them except on credit
Crawl stroke
A racing stroke in which the swimmer lying flat on the water with face submerged takes alternate overhand arm strokes while moving his legs up and down alternately from the knee
Buntline
One of the ropes toggled to the footrope of a sail used to haul up to the yard the body of the sail when taking it in
Underwriter
the policy of insurance. See INSURANCE. Also subscribers (generally before a public issue by the company) offering to take all or a stated amount of the shares offered to and not taken up by the public. The
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