A share of COMMON STOCK that lacks DIVIDEND rights and voting rights and is only entitled to possible capital appreciation .

The point in time after which the share buyer has no rights to dividends in this cycle. Prior and on this date dividend rights exist. This date is typically set […]

(1) A share of COMMON STOCK without any rights to the current period DIVIDEND. (2) The time period between the announcement and payment of dividends.

Equals a stock’s ex-dividend period’s first day. On and after this date until dividend payout date, a buyer of these shares will not earn the dividend yield . Known also […]

Make a bad situation, condition, or result worse. An example is putting salt in a wound. It makes the pain worse (exacerbates the pain).

365-day year is the basis of this computed Interest. Contrast to a 360- day year used to compute ordinary interest .

The wrongful act of an officer or other person in compelling payment of a fee or reward for his services, under color of his official authority, where no payment Is […]

In the civil law . A gatherer or receiver of money; a collector of taxes. Cod. 10, 19. In old English law . A collector of the public moneys; a […]

In old English law . To raise; to elevate. Frequently spoken of water, i. e.,to raise the surface of a pond oi pool.

L. Lat A trial. Ex amen computi, tlie balance of an account Townsh. PI.223.

An Investigation ; search; interrogating.In trial practice. The examination of a witness consists of the series of questions putto him by a party to the action, or his counsel, for […]

This term applies to the examine of a witness while under oath before a trial. Also called a deposition.

This term applies to the questioning and interrogation of a witness where the witness is under oath in court.

Typically equivalent with observe or analyze or inspect. Also synonymous with review, when examining a document.

A copy of a record,public book, or register, and which has been compared with the original. 1 Campb. 469.

In English law . A person appointed by a court to take the examination ofwitnesses in an action, i. e., to take down the result of their interrogation by the […]

One member of a group that is representative of the group. A person is a example of a member of a group of people.

In old English practice. A roll into which (in the old way of exhibiting sheriffs’ accounts) the llleviablelines and desperate debts were transcribed, and which was annually read to thesheriff […]

In Scotch law. To exchange. 6 Bell, App. Cas. 19, 22.

An exchanger of lands; a broker. Obsolete.

In Scotch law. Exchange. 1 Forb. Inst pt. 2, p. 173.

An exchange; a place where merchants meet to transact their business;also au equivalent in recompense; a recompense in lieu of dower ad ostium ccclesix.

a Latin phrase for an exchange of property.

Going beyond a specific set limit. Typically used with pollution, like pollutants in a waste stream , to describe violating a permitted level, count, or number.

In English law . The title of a viceroy, governor general, ambassador, or commander in chief .In America. The title is sometimes given to the chief executive of a state […]