Lat. Judicial authority or jurisdiction ; a court or tribunal; a judicial hearing or other proceeding; a verdict or judgment; a proceeding before a judex or judge. State v. Whitford, […]

In old English law . A watery place. Domesday; Cowell.

In French law . A judge.

An acre. Co. Litt. 5b. As much as a yoke (jugurn) of oxen could plow in one day.

In old records. A cutthroat or murderer. Cowell.

Lat. In the civil law . A yoke; a measure of land; as much land as a yoke of oxen could plow in a day. Nov. 17, c. 8.

In Spanish law. A trial or suit. White, New Recop. b. 3, tit 4, c. 1.

Single-price for varying products as a retail display. Also known as a clearance table or bin.

The lender’s portfolio must hold these loans or sell them to private investors. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac limit criteria is exceeded by this type of mortgage.

In old Scotch law . An ox used for tillage. 1 Pitc. Crlm. Tr. pt 2, p. 89.

In the civil law . Beasts of burden; animals used for carrying bur dens. This word did not include “oxen.” Dig. 32, 65, 5.

To abscond, withdraw, or secrete one’s self, in violation of the obligation of a bail-bond. The expression is colloquial, and is applied only to the act of the principal.

The process used to describe asset price fluctuation.

the term that is sued when a person disappears before the trial and is in violation of posted bail.

When a child turns 21, the child’s insurance policy of this type automatically increases value without additional proof of insurability. Such a policy written on a child is typically in […]

In old English law . The soil where rushes grow. Co. Litt 5a; Cowell.

United they aid. A portion of the maxim, “Qua: non valeant singula juncta juvant ,” (q. v.,) frequently cited. 3 Man. & G. 99.

In old English law . To join the duelluin; to engage iu the combat. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 21,

Younger. This has been held to be no part of a man’s name, but an addi- tion by use, and a convenient distinction between a father and sou of the […]

A barrister under the rank of queen’s counsel . Also the junior of two counsel employed on the same side in a case. Mozley & Whitley.

This practice, only regulated in Canada, is for a company issuing stock options instead of being an operational business structure .

Stating that a right is subordinate to another right. A second mortgagee’s right is subordinate to the primary mortgagee’s right. A claim lower in precedence than a prior or senior […]

The younger of the counsel employed on the same side of a case, or the one lower in standing or rank, or who is intrusted with the less important parts […]

One whose claim or demand accrued at a date later than that of a claim or demand held by another creditor, who is called correlatively the “senior” creditor.

Debt claim subordinate to a prior or senior claim. A senior claim of debt is cleared in a debtor’s asset liquidation before any subordinate debt claim is paid. Also known […]