Search results for: “brick”
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Accounts Payable
Money owed to suppliers….
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Tuck Pointing
Concept of Tuck Pointing in the context of Real Property A short definition of Tuck Pointing: The finishing of joints of brick, block, or similar material, with putty or mortar. Most commonly used in chimney repair.
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American Bond
Concept of American Bond in the context of Real Property A short definition of American Bond: A process in bricklaying by which every 5th, 6th, or 7th layer of bricks is laid with the wide length facing the wall; the other layers have the narrow length facing the wall.
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Offset
Elimination of a long or short position by making an opposite transaction. Related: liquidation….
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Prison Breach
The act of one who is lawfully detained on a criminal charge, or under sentence for a crime, in breaking out of the place in which he is detained, against the will of the person by whom he is detained. It is something more than an escape, adding thereto a breaking out of custody. The…
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Kiln
See brick kiln. …
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Breach Of Prison
An unlawful breaking out of prison. This is of itself a misdemeanor. 1 Russ. Crimes, 378; 4 Bl. Comm. 129; 2 Hawk. P. C. c. 18, § 1; 7 Conn. 752. The remedy for this offense is by indictment. The climbing of a wall is not a breaking out, but if loose bricks be thrown…