for circulation within an organization , or aimed for a select audience on a narrow subject, this type of small, printed or published communication occurs through other means like a […]
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NEWSPAPER
222; Veazie v. Marrett, 6 Allen (Mass.) 372.
NEWSPAPER POLICY
Sold by newspaper advertisements with the aim of increasing circulation , this is a specific type of limited health insurance policy.
NEWSPRINT
because of its short life span, wood pulp paper is used for newspapers but not for books or records. Pulp is absorbent, coarse, off-white or light brown, and soft.
NEWTON (N)
Force measured as this specific type of metric unit. Force due to gravity also uses this unit of weight. One newton is defined as the force needed to accelerate a […]
NEWTON METER (NM)
Torque metric (SI) unit. Torque is a force’s tendency to cause rotation. It is also a unit of energy. One newton meter equals about 0.74 pound-foot.
NEXI
Lat. In Roman law. Bound; bound persons. A term applied to such insolvent debtors as were delivered up to their creditors, by whom they might be held in bondage until […]
NEXT
Nearest; closest; immediately following. See Green v. McLaren, 7 Ga. 107; State v. Asbell, 57 Kan. 398, 46 Pac. 770; German Security Bank v. McGarry, 106 Ala. 633, 17 South. […]
NEXT FRIEND
the name given to a person who acts for a child in the court room.
NEXT NEARBY CONTRACT
A derivatives second closest contract available.
NEXT OF KIN
A wife, by affinity, or by blood, like a parent, sibling, or offspring is a deceased’s nearest relative.
NEXUM
Lat. In Roman law. In ancient times the nexxim seems to have been a species of formal contract , involving a loan of money, and attended with peculiar conse- quences, […]
NEXUS
A point of causal intersection , link, relation, connection.
NFP ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) regulate these standards.
NICHE MARKETING
A small but specific and well-defined population segment is the focus of this concentrated marketing effort. As a strategy, niche marketing is aimed at being a big fish in a […]
NICHILLS
In English practice. Debts due to the exchequer which the sheriff could BL.LAW DICT.(2D ED.)
NICKEL (NI)
An alloying metal element for making Austenitic stainless steels . High degree of corrosion resistance, ductility, harden-ability, and tensile strength are its contributions.
NICKNAME
A short name; one niclccd or cut off for the sake of brevity, without conveying an idea of opprobrium , and frequently evincing the strongest affection or the most perfect […]
NIDERLING, NIDERING, or NITH- ING
A vile, base person, or sluggard; chicken- hearted. Spelman.
NIECE
The daughter of one’s brother or sister. Ambl. 514. See NEPUEW.
NIEFE
In old English law . A woman born in vassalage; a bondwoman. Housatonic It. Co., 03 Conn. 258, 27 Atl. 1117; Wilbur v. Maynard, 0 Colo. 4S0.
NIELSEN RATINGS
An audience’s viewing depicted in this specific published survey. Media outlets base their marketing to advertising clients based on these ratings. The ratings express the viewing audience size and scope […]
NIFTY FIFTY
During the 1960s and 1970s, this specific largecap stocks group including General Electric, IBM and American Express was once highly favored by institutional investors.
NIGERIAN SCAM
Mail and email fraud based on false pretenses tempting people to send money or disclosed banking account information . The scam is someone inherited a large sum of money and […]
NIGHT
empowered by them, in which the public acts, resolves, advertisements, and notices are required to be published. Albany County v. Chaplin, 5 Wyo. 74, 37 Pac. 370.