Search results for: “value added tax”
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Accrual Bond
A bond on which interest accrues, but is not paid to the investor during the time of accrual. The amount of accrued interest is added to the remaining principal of the bond and is paid at maturity….
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Decretals
In ecclesiastical law. Canonical epistles, written by the pope alone, or by the pope and cardinals at the instance or suit of one or more persons, -for the ordering and determining some matter in controversy, and which have the authority of a law in themselves. The decretals were […]
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Decretals
In ecclesiastical law. Canonical epistles, written by the pope alone, or by the pope and cardinals at the instance or suit of one or more persons, -for the ordering and determining some matter in controversy, and which have the authority of a law in themselves. The decretals were […]
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Rider
An additional or inserted clause to a legal document. An additional clause attached to and forming part of an insurance policy.
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Commission
An authority to do some act, such as the authority of an agent to enter into a contract or the authority of an officer to hold the office or title . An amount payable to an agent upon the agent performing the act contracted for. Usually expressed in terms of a percentage , but […]
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Legacy
A gift of personal property by will. The person to whom the gift is given is called the legatee , and the gift or property is called a Dequest. See bequest . The word legacy accurately refers to s.f.s of personal property while the word devise refers to realty . But this […]
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Current Account
In banking practice it signifies an open, running account of a customer from which the customer draws money from time to time.
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Court Of Arches
(Law Lat. curia de arcubus). In English ecclesiastical law. A court of appeal, and of original jurisdiction. The most ancient consistory court belonging to the archbishop of Canterbury for the trial of spiritual causes, the judge of which is called the dean of the arches, […]
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Treble Costs
In English Praotiee. The taxed costs and three-fourths the same added thereto. It is computed by adding one-half for double costs, and, in addition, one-half of one-half for treble costs. 1 Chit 187; 1 Chit. Prac. 27 In American Law. In Pennsylvania the rule is different. When an act of […]
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Treble Costs
In English Praotiee. The taxed costs and three-fourths the same added thereto. It is computed by adding one-half for double costs, and, in addition, one-half of one-half for treble costs. 1 Chit 187; 1 Chit. Prac. 27 In American Law. In Pennsylvania the rule is different. When an act of […]
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Alluvion
That increase of the earth on a shore or bank of a river by the force of the water, as by a current or by waves, which is so gradual that no one can judge how much is added at each moment of time. Inst. 1. 2, tit. 1, ÃÂâÂÂÃÂç 20; 3 Barn. & C.…
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Usura
(Lat. from usus, use). In the civil law. Money given for the use of money; interest. Dig. 50. 16. 121. Commonly used in the plural, usurae. Dig. 22. 1. Usura centesima, usurae centesimae or usurae asses, twelve per cent, per annum, or one per cent, monthly. The highest rate of interest […]
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Usura
(Lat. from usus, use). In the civil law. Money given for the use of money; interest. Dig. 50. 16. 121. Commonly used in the plural, usurae. Dig. 22. 1. Usura centesima, usurae centesimae or usurae asses, twelve per cent, per annum, or one per cent, monthly. The highest rate of interest […]