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  • Candidate

    A state ex rel. Graham v Hall, 15 N. W.2d 736, 73 N.D. 428.

  • Record Date

    Record Date

    (1) Date by which a shareholder must officially own shares in order to be entitled to a dividend. For example, a firm might declare a dividend on Nov 1, payable Dec 1 to holders of record Nov 15. Once a trade is executed an investor becomes the owner of record on settlement, […]

  • Nearby Futures Contract

    When several futures contracts are considered, the contract with the closest settlement date is called the nearby futures contract. The next futures contract is the one that settles just after the nearby futures contract. The contract farthest away in time from settlement is called the most […]

  • Implied Repo Rate

    The rate that a seller of a futures contract can earn by buying an issue and then delivering it at the settlement date. Related: cheapest to deliver issue…

  • Futures Price

    The price at which the parties to a futures contract agree to transact on the settlement date….

  • Cheapest To Deliver Issue

    The acceptable Treasury security with the highest implied repo rate; the rate that a seller of a futures contract can earn by buying an issue and then delivering it at the settlement date….

  • Confirmation

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Confirmation Meaning of Confirmation To make firm, or certain, to render valid that which is void, voidable , to give new assurance of truth or certainty, to ratify. It is said that confirmation supplies […]

  • Fail

    Decline or leave unperformed. A legacy or bequest is said to fail when it lapses never having vested or taken effect.

  • Contract

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Contract Meaning of Contract A deliberate engagement between competent parties upon a legal consideration to do or abstain from doing some act. It is essential to the creation of a contract that the […]

  • Interest

    Interest

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Interest Meaning of Interest In relation to being objectively concerned in something, by having a right or title to, a claim upon, or a share in. legal concern in a thing; especially right or title to […]

  • Debt

    Debt

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Debt Meaning of Debt That which is due from one person to another, whether money , goods or services; that which one person is bound to pay or perform for another. Garsson v American Diesel Engine Corp., […]

  • Bankruptcy

    What does Bankruptcy mean in American Law? The definition of Bankruptcy in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is: A legal proceeding, regulated in the U.S. by the federal Bankruptcy Act, in which an insolvent debtor, by […]

  • Gatt

    Gatt Gatt Resources Legal English Vocabulary: GATT in Spanish Online translation of the English legal term gatt into Spanish: GATT (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online. Related to the Legal Thesaurus GATT Resources See Also See […]

  • GATS

    GATS in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, gats is: General Agreement on Trade in Services. The entries on trade policy in the Encyclopedia are here. One of the Uruguay Round outcomes. The entries on trade policy are here. It covers all trade in services except bilateral aviation rights […]