a term that is applied to a person being on trial while a case in tried in court.
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ON-CARRIAGE
This is transportation that is provided after the goods are discharged at port, usually until final delivery.
ON-SALE DATE
The date that publications are scheduled for newsstand delivery by the distributor. The on-sale date determines when the publication in question, based on its frequency, is due for submission.
ONCE A MORTGAGE, ALWAYS A MORTGAGE
This rule signifies that an instrument originally intended as a mortgage, and not a deed, cannot be converted into anything else than a mortgage by any subsequent clause or agreement. […]
ONCE IN JEOPARDY
A phrase used to express the condition of a person charged with crime, who has once already, by legal proceedings , been put In danger of conviction and punishment for […]
ONCOGENIC
An adjective that describes something known to cause tumors, or to be directly linked to the appearance of tumors.
ONCUNNE
L. Fr. Accused. Du Cange.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS CLAUSE
A precautionary stipulation inserted in a deed making a good tenant to the prcccipe in a common recovery . See 1 Prest. Conv. 110.
ONE SATISFACTION RULE
A plaintiff should only receive one remedy for any particular claim. If multiple remedies are available, the plaintiff must choose one, or divide restitution amongst the available remedies.
ONE STOP SHOP
A location that provides just about everything a customer needs. This applies to various processes, like borrowing of funds, the obtainment of information or access to public services.
ONE-FACTOR INTEREST RATE MODELS
A yield curve of interest generated only using one source. Not reliable.
ONE-MAN PICTURE
When the bid and offer come from the same source.
ONE-MAN-ONE-VOTE RULE
a term that is given to a ruling in most democratic governments that one person has one vote.
ONE-OFF
This is a one-time promotion that will never happen again, which must be recorded as such on the company’s ledger.
ONE-SHOTS
This is a type of system commonly used by governments to record expenses that may be used only within a specific contractual period.
ONE-THIRD NEW FOR OLD
See NEW FOR OLD .
ONE-TIME BUYER
A consumer who purchases only one product or service from a business. With the correct incentives, a one-time buyer may become a repeat customer.
ONE-TIME ONLY ADDITION
This is an expense that, once completed, will not usually be incurred again. This might be a one-time project or acquisition , like a computer. This purchase might last for […]
ONE-TIME ONLY DEDUCTION
This is a tax deduction that will normally only apply for one tax year. A homeowner may get a one-time only tax deduction in the year that they sell their […]
ONE-WRITE SYSTEM
This is a system that captures all data when a transaction is made. Erasing the need to copy information later makes this an efficient system.
ONERANDO PRO RATA PORTIONIS
A writ that lay for a joint tenant or tenant in common who was distrained for more rent than his proportion of the land comes to. Reg. Orig. 182.
ONERARI NON
In pleading. The name of a plea, fn an action of debt, by which the defendant says that he ought not to be charged.
ONERATIO
Lat. A lading; a cargo.
ONERATUR NISI
See O. Nl.
ONERIS FERENDI
Lat. In the civil law . The servitude of support; a servitude by which the wall of a house is required to sustain the wall or beams of the adjoining […]