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  • Commitment

    Financial Definition of Commission House Meaning of Commission House A firm which buys and sells future contracts for customer accounts. Related: futures commission merchant, omnibus account. Synonyms of […]

  • Commitment

    Financial Definition of Commission House Meaning of Commission House A firm which buys and sells future contracts for customer accounts. Related: futures commission merchant, omnibus account. Synonyms of […]

  • Executor

    One appointed by a testator to carry out the directions and bequests in his will and to dispose of the property according to his testamentary provisions after his decease. A woman thus appointed is called an executrix , although the term executor may apply to a woman if that is the […]

  • Sponsor

    One who makes a promise or gives a security for another; a surety . Also one who advertises a product or service in the media.

  • Respondentia

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Respondentia Meaning of Respondentia In maritime law. A loan of money, on maritime interest, on goods laden on board of a ship, upon the condition that, if the goods be wholly lost in the course of the […]

  • Accounting: Historical Perspectives

    Accounting: Historical perspectives Resources Further Reading Carey, John L. (1969). The Rise of the Accounting Profession from Technician to Professional 1896-1936. New York: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Carey, John L. (1970). The Rise of the Accounting Profession to […]

  • Agency

    A relation between two or more persons, by which one party, usually called the agent or attorney, is authorized to do certain acts for, or in relation to the rights or property of, the other, who is denoininated the principal, constituent, […]

  • Discharge

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Discharge Meaning of Discharge n. An instrument by which the binding force of a contract is terminated. In the law of bankruptcy , a discharge is the proceeding by which a bankrupt person is freed from […]

  • Group System

    Group system in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: the system on which negotiations in UNCTAD in particular were based for a long time. The UNCTAD membership is divided formally into four groups: Asian and African countries (Group A), OECD […]

  • Competence

    Sufficient ability or fitness for ones needs. Possessing the necessary abilities to be qualified to achieve a certain goal or complete a project….

  • Competence

    Sufficient ability or fitness for ones needs. Possessing the necessary abilities to be qualified to achieve a certain goal or complete a project….

  • Monomania

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Monomania Meaning of Monomania A partial insanity sometimes known as paranoia. The term refers to a craze or mania or insanity on a particular single subject or class of objects, with single delusion of […]

  • Monomania

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Monomania Meaning of Monomania A partial insanity sometimes known as paranoia. The term refers to a craze or mania or insanity on a particular single subject or class of objects, with single delusion of […]

  • Abandonment

    Adoption Legal Definition of Abandonment Meaning of Abandonment Desertion of a child by a parent or adult primary caregiver with no provisions for continued childcare nor with any apparent intention to return to resume caregiving.Learn more […]

  • Oath

    A pledge or promise by which a person swears that a statement made or about to be made is true.