Another name for kilocalorie (Refer to calorie).
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KILOWATT (KW)
Electrical power measure of a standard unit equal to 1000 watts. Equivalent to 1.34 horsepower, or 1000 joules per second as a measured consumption rate .
KILOWATT-HOUR (KWH)
Electrical power consumption measure of a standard unit equal to 1000 watts in an hour. Equivalent to 860 kilocalories, or 3412 British thermal units (Btu) as a measured consumption rate […]
KIN
Relation or relationship by blood or consanguinity . “The nearness of kin is com- puted according to the civil law.” 2 Kent, Comm. 413. See Keniston v. Mayhew, 169 Mass. […]
KIND
Genus; generic class; description . See IN KIND.
KINDRED
Relatives by blood. “Kindred of the whole blood , preferred to kindred of the half blood.” 4 Kent, Comm. 404, notes. See Butler v. Elytou Land Co., 84 Ala. 384, […]
KING
The sovereign, ruler, or chief executive magistrate of a state or nation whose constitution is of the kind called “monarchical” is thus named if a man; if it be a […]
KING’S ADVOCATE
An English advocate who holds, in the courts in which the rules of the canon and civil law prevail, a similar position to that which the attorney general holds in […]
KING’S BENCH
The supreme court of common law in England, being so called be- cause the king used formerly to sit there in person, the style of the court being “coram ipso […]
KING’S CHAMBERS
Those portions of the seas, adjacent to the coasts of Great Britain, which are inclosed within headlands so as to be cut off from the open sea by imaginary straight […]
KING’S CORONER AND ATTORNEY
An officer of the court of king’s bench , usually called “the master of the crown office ,” whose duty it is to tile informations at the suit of a […]
KING’S COUNSEL
Barristers or ser- jeants who have been called within the bar and selected to be the king’s counsel . They answer iu some measure to the advoeati fusel, or advocates […]
KING’S EVIDENCE
When several persons are charged with a crime, and one of them gives evidence against liis accomplices, on the promise of being granted a pardon, he is said to be […]
KING’S PROCTOR
A proctor or solicitor representing the crown in the former practice of the courts of probate and divorce. In petitions for dissolution of marriage, or for declarations of nullity of […]
KING’S REMEMBRANCER
An officer of the central ofiice of the English supreme court . Formerly he was an officer of the exchequer, and had important duties to perform In protecting the rights […]
KINGDOM
A country where an officer called a “king” exercises the powers of gov- ernment, whether the same be absolute or limited. Wolff, Inst. Nat.
KINGS-AT-ARMS
The principal herald of England was of old designated “kiug of the heralds,” a title which seems to have been exchanged for “king-at-arms” about the reign of Henry IV. The […]
KINKED DEMAND CURVE
Standard demand curve with a bend depicting competitors decreasing prices to match another’s, yet not raising prices to match another’s. Concern is that raising prices lose customers, so that once […]
KINKED YIELD CURVE
When medium term interest rates are higher than low or high. Refer to negative yield curve , yield curve , and positive yield curve .
KINTAL, or KINTLE
A hundred pounds in weight. See QUINTAL.
KINTLIDGE
A ship’s ballast. See KENTLAGE
KIOSK
Upright, retail outlet display or entry-port in a large retail establishment or a shopping mall to assist customers.
KIPPER-TIME
In old English law . The space of time between the 3d of May and the Epiphany, in which fishing for salmon in the Thames, between Gravesend and Henley- on-Tliames, […]
KIRBY’S QUEST
In English law . An aucieut record remaining with the remembrancer of the exchequer, being an inquisition or survey of all the lands iu England, taken in the reign of […]
KIRK
In Scotch law. A church; the church; the established church of Scotland.