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  • Investment Company

    A company or trust that uses its capital to invest in other companies. There are two principal types: the closed-end and the open-end, or mutual fund. Shares in closed-end investment companies, some of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, are readily transferable in the open market […]

  • Defamation

    The publication of a statement which tends to lower a person in the estimation of right thinking members of society generally, or which tends to make them shun or avoid that person. Defamation is either libel or slander . See libel and slander.

  • Corporation Tax

    English Legal System: Corporation Tax In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Corporation Tax : A tax on the worldwide profits of limited companies and certain other bodies resident or trading in the UK. Corporation tax started on 6 April […]

  • Government

    Government

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Government Meaning of Government The governing body of a community , a state , United States , territory, district , municipality , a commonwealth . See 11 U.S.C. §101(21). <div […]

  • Eurodollar

    This is an American dollar that has been deposited in a European bank or an U.S. bank branch located in Europe. It got there as a result of payments made to overseas companies for merchandise….

  • Load

    The portion of the offering price of shares of open-end investment companies in excess of the value of the underlying assets. Covers sales commissions and all other costs of distribution. The load is usually incurred only on purchase, there being, in most cases, no charge when the shares are […]

  • Share

    Share

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Share Meaning of Share A portion of anything owned in common by several persons. In relation to corporations, it is a definite fractional part of the capital of the corporation conferring upon the holder […]

  • Employer

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Employer Meaning of Employer Any person acting (in the interest ) as an agent of an employer, directly or indirectly, but shall not include the United States or any wholly owned government corporation , […]

  • Merger

    Merger

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Merger Meaning of Merger In relation to corporations, the term denotes the amalgamation of two corporations to form a new one. The absorption of one corporation by another, which retains its name and […]

  • Toll

    Toll

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Toll Meaning of Toll A fixed charge for some privilege granted or service rendered, especially one granted or rendered to the public and payable by whomsoever chooses to utilise the privilege or avail of […]

  • Toll

    Toll

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Toll Meaning of Toll A fixed charge for some privilege granted or service rendered, especially one granted or rendered to the public and payable by whomsoever chooses to utilise the privilege or avail of […]

  • Consortium

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Consortium Meaning of Consortium A term generally used in matrimonial law denoting companionship, love, affection, comfort , mutual services, sexual intercourse – all belonging to the married state – […]

  • Monopoly

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Monopoly Meaning of Monopoly An exclusive right , granted to few, of something which was before of common right. Charles river Bridge v warren Bridge, 11 Pet. 420, 9 L.Ed. 773. In a large sense, the term […]

  • Insurance

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Insurance Meaning of Insurance Insurance is a contract of indemnity whereby for a stipulated consideration one party , called the insurer, undertakes to indemnify the other , called the insured, against […]

  • Venture Capital

    An investment in a start-up business that is perceived to have excellent growth prospects but does not have access to capital markets. Type of financing sought by early-stage companies seeking to grow rapidly….