In old records. A long, flat, and narrow piece or strip of ground. Paroch. Antiq. 465.

The waste produced from processing metal ores. It floats to the surface and contains silicates, sulphates and phosphates of calcium. Called tailings.

See LETTERS OF SLAINS.

In torts. Oral defamation; the speaking of false and malicious words concerning another, whereby injury results to his reputation. See Pollard v. Lyon, 91 U. S. 227, 23 L. Ed. […]

An intentional cast of aspersion on a person’s goods and merchandise .

An intential cast of aspersion on a person’s property title.

One who maliciously and without reason imputes a crime or fault to another of which he is innocent. See SLANDER.

the name applied to statements that appear to be slanderous and defamatory but need to be proved to be so.

a Latin term for slanderous in itself. slander a person makes about another about being a criminal or immoral.

A person who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who has no freedom of action, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another. […]

The traffic in slaves, or the buying and selling of slaves for profit

The condition of a slave; that civil relation in which one man has absolute power over the life, fortune, and liberty of another.

This word, in an indictment , adds nothing to the force and effect of the word “kill,” when used with reference to the taking of human life. It is particularly […]

A hurdle to draw traitors to execution. 1 Ilale, P. C. 82.

Stock that is not popular with investors but has significant growth potential once it attracts attention. The opposite of a high flyer.

A tilt that is in favour of a product that has been noticed long after the ads have been forgotten about and indicates a change in the behaviour of cunsumers.

A firm that is failing that becomes a prime takeover possibility .

A dormant partner ; one whose name does not appear in the firm, and who takes no active part in the business, but who has an interest in the concern, […]

In English law . An expression frequently used in coal-mine leases and agreements for the same. It signifies a fixed or dead,

A colour proof of high quality that is printed on a gloss coated paper and suits reproduction.

A miscalculation in accounting that is caused by the movement of a deciaml point to the right or left of its proper position.

A compensation for sales personnel where they are paid different percentages of commission at different volumes of sales.

The commission that is dependent on a loss ratio that is paid by the ceding insurer to the reinsurer.

As to slight “Care,” “Evidence,” “Fault,” and ” Negligence ,” see those titles.

1. In negotiations for a policy of insurance . In England, the agreement is in practice concluded between the parties by a memorandum called the “slip,” containing the terms of […]