Accidental; undesigned; adventitious . Resulting from unavoidable physical causes.

Having either positive or negative consequences, it is an unforeseen occurrence. An affected person has no control over it, be it a force natural or man-made, as it occurs by […]

Lat. Fortune; also treasure-trove . Jacob.Fortunam faciunt judicem. They make fortune the judge. Co. Litt. 107. Spoken ofthe process of making partition among coparceners by drawing lots for the severalpurparts.

The 100 largest US public and privately-held companies are listed based on market capitalization or enterprise value . It is an annual ranking by Fortune magazine.

The top 1000 largest US public and privately-held companies are listed based on reported revenues. It is an annual ranking by Fortune magazine.

The 500 largest US manufacturing companies are listed based on reported revenue, display several corporate information reportings. It is an annual ranking by Fortune magazine.

In English law . Persons pretending or professing to tell fortunes. and punishable as rogues and vagabonds or disorderly persons . 4 Bl. Comm. 62.

In old English law . A tournament or fighting with spears, and an appeal to fortune therein.

Iu land laws and conveyancing , in those regions where grants, transfers,and deeds are made with reference to the subdivisions of the government survey, thisterm means forty acres of land […]

In old English forest law. The court of attachment in forests. or wood-mote court.

Equals about 25 metric tons or 72 cubic meters. Container industry term denoting one forty-foot container measuring 40 x 8 x 8 feet, or two twenty-foot containers measuring 20 x […]

Lat. A court of justice, or Judicial tribunal; a place of jurisdiction ; a placewhere a remedy is sought; a place of litigation . 3 Story, 347.In Roman law. The […]

a Latin phrase where a court with the authority to try a case decides to turn the matter over to another court.

In old records. A long slip of ground. Cowell.

A bilateral OVERTHECOUNTER DERIVATIVE that permits the purchaser to buy, and the seller to sell, a reference ASSET at a predetermined future price and future date. Unlike a SWAP, a […]

Several types exist. (1) An English auction is the most common style. Bidding begins at the seller’s minimum acceptable price. Every new bid increases the price. Each bid is a […]

Used to advance a written loan by agreement on a future date at a specified interest rate . Automatically expires if the potential borrower does not exercise the loan.

A commodity or financial instrument bought or sold at market or spot price today by binding contract . It is delivered on a stated future, or forward, date. This settles […]

A hedge against fluctuating adverse exchange rates. Currency sale or purchase at a fixed price on a fixed future date. The purchase is arranged or bought as a contract or […]

Using forward interest rate values to evaluate the time value of money . The values are calculated over various periods of time.

A FORWARD PRICE (or rate) for future delivery of an ASSET that is lower than the SPOT PRICE (or rate) for immediate delivery. See also FORWARD PREMIUM .

Contracted rate and future, or forward, date for currency spot (between two days) or exchange (more than two days) purchase and sale.

An ARBITRAGE strategy in the FOREIGN EXCHANGE market to take advantage of mispricing in currency FORWARDS. The conversion occurs when forwards appear CHEAP, and is created by buying a forward, […]

L An ARBITRAGE strategy in the FOREIGN EXCHANGE market to take advantage of mispricing in currency FORWARDS. The conversion occurs when forwards appear RICH, and is created by selling a […]

A FORWARD transaction that is contracted to start at a future date. See also RATE, FORWARD RATE AGREEMENT.