In English law . Limit; a limited number. Used as descriptive of a species of common. See COMMON SANS NOMBRE .

A salary; settled pay. Man- gam v. Brooklyn, 98 N. Y. 597, 50 Am. Bep. 705. In English and Scotch law. A provision made for the support of the clergy.

Estates granted in return for services, generally of a military kind. 1 Steph. Comm. 174.

In English law . Paid magistrates; appointed in London and some other cities and bor- oughs, and having in general the powers and jurisdiction of justices of the peace.

Lat. In the civil law . The pay of a soldier ; wages; stipend. Calvin.

Lat. In old English law . Stock ; a stock; a source of descent or title. Communis stipes , the common stock . Fleta, lib. 6, c. 2.

Relating to stirpes, roots, or stocks. “Stipital distribution ” of property is distribution per stirpes ; that is, by right of representation .

Liquidated damage, (q. v.)

Contract where a set amount is set forth as a total payment on the completing of an agreement. See lump sum contract .

ment of a direction that all further proceedings shall be stayed, (t. e., that the process may stand,) and it is one of the ways by which a suit may […]

A material article In an agreement In practice . An engagement or undertaking in writing, to do a certain act; as to try a cause at a certain time. 1 […]

In the civil law . Tlie party who asked the question in the contract of stipulation ; the other party, or lie who answered, being called the “promissor.” But, in […]

See per stipes.

Lat. A root or stock of descent or title. Taking property by right of repre- sentation is called “succession per stirpes .” in opposition to taking In one’s own right, […]

The model or situation that contains a random, unpredictable element that has no order or pattern.

The chance effect of an injury caused by a substance with no threshold level and the probability is in proportion to the dose but the severity is independent of it.

The alternate term for probabilistic inventory control .

Simulation where ranges of values for variables are used.

An attempt to generate value by the way an assets dynamic movement in the market is described without considering the assets history. Refer to markov process .

or, with a view to their being released or discharged by an acoeptilatio, that mode of discharge being applicable only to the verbal contract Brown.

The variable measured at a point in time, stock, and or over a period, flow.

A privilege that is granted to holders of stock options who will receive cash or extra stock when the company’s stock appreciates in value.

Incentive scheme for employees where benefits provided are like a profit sharing plan except (1) employer’s contributions not based on profit and (2) benefits are distributed as stocks.

the title that is given to a person who buys and sells stocks for his clients.

Increasing treasury stock contra account by repurchasing outstanding common stock and permanently taking it out of circulation , thereby making shares more valuable for existing shareholders, and also preventing a […]