Tag: Finance
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Credit Union
Credit union in the Context of Mortgages Nonprofit cooperative organizations that provide banking and financial services, including mortgages, home improvement loans and home equity loans, to their members. Similar Terms Credit Credit A measurement of a person’s ability to pay bills on time. […]
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Insurance Lawyer
Some Popular Entries in the European Legal Encyclopedia related to Insurance Lawyer Liability Insurance Law (in European Law) Liability Insurance Law (in European Law) Health Insurance Law (in European Law)
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Finance History
The primitive financial institutions of England centre round the king’s household, or, in other words, the royal economy precedes the national one. Revenue dues collected by the king’s agents, rents, or rather returns of produce, from land, and special levies for emergencies form the elements […]
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Security
Security of note issue No security was ever required to be given for the local issues in the United Kingdom. The provisions of the acts of 1844-1845 which compel the Irish and Scottish banks to hold specie against the notes issued beyond the legal limit, do not make the coin held a […]
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Bankruptcy Procedure
History Summary of procedure For the convenience of readers who may require more detailed information, the accompanying summary of some of the more important provisions of the law relating to bankruptcy procedure is submitted. It must be borne in mind, however, that the subject is in […]
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Wagering
Gaming, Wagering and Gambling From the Encyclopedia Britannica (1911): It is somewhat difficult exactly to define or adequately to distinguish these terms of allied meaning. The word game is applicable to most pastimes and many sports, irrespective of their lawful or unlawful character. […]
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Insolvency
Resources See Also Further Reading Insolvency in the Encyclopedia of Britain Insolvency in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Insolvency in the Halsbury's Laws of England Insolvency in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases Insolvency in the Jowitt's Dictionary […]
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Company Reconstructions
History When a company reconstructs, as it often does in these days, the rights of debenture-holders have to be provided for. Reconstructions are mainly of two kinds—(1) by arrangement, under the Joint Stock Companies Arrangement Act 1870, amended in 1900 and 1907, incorporated in act of 1908 […]
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Equitable Winding-up
Minority protection in Company Law Refine your research by picking one of the below sections, including the The statutory remedies. The statutory remedies Insolvency Act : Just and equitable winding-up Find under this subsection information about Insolvency Act : Just and equitable winding-up […]