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  • Swing

    Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Swing (You may find swing at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). Old English swinge “stroke, blow; chastisement,” from swing (verb). Meaning “suspended seat on ropes” is from 1680s. Meaning “shift […]

  • Swear

    Swear

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Swear Meaning of Swear To put on oath; to take an oath; to administer an oath. To call upon God to witness what is averred as truth . Asher v Sizmore, (Ky.)261 S. W.2d665. To invoke the vengeance of God […]

  • Swing Or Marginal Constituency

    Swing or Marginal Constituency in Voting Law Definition of Swing or Marginal Constituency in the context of the United States election law: An electoral constituency in which there is only a small difference between the number of votes the leading parties expect to win.

  • Swing Vote

    Swing Vote in Voting Law Definition of Swing Vote in the context of the United States election law: Vote of an undecided elector that is seen as potentially going to any of a number of candidates in an election, or, in a two-party system, may go to either of the two dominant political parties. […]

  • Sweat Equity

    Concept of Sweat Equity in the context of Real Property A short definition of Sweat Equity: The substitution of a borrower’s (buyer’s) work to improve the property for the usual cash down payment.

  • Sweat Equity

    Concept of Sweat Equity in the context of Real Property A short definition of Sweat Equity: The substitution of a borrower’s (buyer’s) work to improve the property for the usual cash down payment.

  • Swale

    Concept of Swale in the context of Real Property A short definition of Swale: A low-lying area in otherwise level ground.

  • Swing Loan

    Concept of Swing Loan in the context of Real Property A short definition of Swing Loan: An interim loan made so that the borrower may purchase property during a pending sale of borrower’s property. The proceeds from the sale are then used to pay off the swing loan.

  • Swap

    An arrangement whereby two companies lend to each other on different terms, e.g. in different currencies, and/or at different interest rates, fixed or floating….

  • Swearing

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  • Swapping

    Selling one security and buying a similar one almost at the same time to take a loss, usually for tax purposes….

  • Swamp

    A tract or region of spongy ground so saturated with water as to be unfit for tillage, commonly abounding with certain species of trees and coarse grasses; wet bog, morass, marsh.

  • Swindle

    To cheat or defraud and obtain any property.