Search results for: “gold standard”
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Currency Convertibility
Hierarchical Display of Currency convertibility Finance > Monetary economics > Exchange policyFinance > Monetary economics > Money market > MoneyFinance > Monetary economics > Monetary policy > Issuing of currencyFinance > Monetary relations > International finance > International […]
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Carat
Unit of measuring the per cent pure.
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Adversary System
A phrase used to distinguish the common law legal system from some others, e.g.., the civil law system in some of its aspects, with respect to the manner in which actions are commenced and facts proved. The idea is that an adversary system depends upon adversaries, i.e., persons with […]
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Aes
(Lat.) In the Roman law. Money (literally, brass) ; metallic money in general, including gold. Dig. 9. 2. 2. pr.; Id. 9. 2. 27. 5; Id. 50. 16. 159. …
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Neocon
Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Neocon (You may find neocon at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). by 1987, abbreviation for neo-conservative in the U.S. political sense. Neoconservatism is the first variant of American conservatism in the past century […]
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Bimetallism
A monetary system in which the units are defined in relation to two metals (usually gold and silver) which are given a fixed rate of mutual exchange. Such systems break down because of the difficulty of stabilizing the values of the two metals. In any event, the withdrawal from metalbased […]
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Annual Assay
An annual trial of the gold and silver coin of the United States, to ascertain whether the standard fineness and weight of the coinage is maintained. …