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  • Association Of Legal Writing Directors

    Meaning of Association of Legal Writing Directors Resources See Also Alwd Citation Manual

  • Writing Skills

    Hierarchical Display of Writing skills Employment And Working Conditions > Employment > Vocational training Meaning of Writing skills Overview and more information about Writing skills For a more comprehensive understanding of Writing skills, see in the general part of the online […]

  • Writing

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Writing Meaning of Writing In the most general sense, the term denotes a document, whether manuscript or printed, as opposed to mere spoken words. Writing […]

  • Handwriting

    Anything written by a person. The manner in which a person writes, including the formation of the characters, the separation of the words, and other features distinguishing the written matter, as a mechanical result, from the writing of other persons. …

  • Underwriting

    As applied to corporate stock, an underwriting agreement is an agreement made before such stock is offered to the public whereby the signer, or underwriter” agrees for a certain compensation to take a stipulated number of shares of stock, or a portion thereof, if the public […]

  • Proof of Handwriting

    Proof of handwriting in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of proof of handwriting.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading proof of […]

  • Firm Commitment Underwriting

    An undewriting in which an investment banking firm commits to buy the entire issue and assumes all financial responsibility for any unsold shares….

  • Covered Call Writing Strategy

    A strategy that involves writing a call option on securities that the investor owns in his or her portfolio. See covered or hedge option strategies….

  • All-Or-None Underwriting

    An arrangement whereby a security issue is canceled if the underwriter is unable to re-sell the entire issue….

  • Spinster

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Spinster Meaning of Spinster An unmarried woman. Spinster Alternative Definition An addition given, in legal writings, to a woman who never was married. […]

  • Blunderbus

    An old non-rifled firearm, usable only at short range because it so scattered its load on firing. The term is used by lawyers to deride legal writing (complaint, brief, etc.) more notable for energy than aim, especially one that seeks to cover everything rather than concentrating on what is […]

  • Ambiguity on the factum

    A form of ambiguity in legal writing which goes not just to the meaning of certain language, but to its very legal identity, e.g., whether a particular writing was meant to be a codicil to a will, or whether an entire clause, otherwise almost certainly to be expected, was accidentally left out […]

  • Red Handed

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Red Handed Meaning of Red Handed With the marks of crime fresh on him. Related Entries of Red Handed in the Encyclopedia of Law Project Browse or run a search […]

  • Body Corporate

    A corporation. This is an early and undoubtedly correct term to apply to a corporation. Co. Litt. 250a; 23 Wend. (N. Y.) 141; 81 Pa. St. 389. …

  • Canons Of Construction

    Rules of preference evolved at common law which guide in the interpretation of written documents. In Re Clarke, 174 App. Div. 736,161 N. Y.S. 484.