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Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A term used in the stock market, meaning cases where a purchaser succeeds in buying for future delivery more property of a given kind than is possible for the seller to deliver before the day of maturity of the contract. 168 111. 91; ISO 111. 84,

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A combination among the dealers in a specific commodity or outside capitalists, for the purpose of buying up the greater portion of that commodity which is upon the market or may be brought to market, and holding the same back from sale, until the demand shall so far outrun the limited supply as to advance the price abnormally. Kirkpatrick v. Bonsall, 72 Pa. 158; Wright v. Cudahy, 168 111. 86, 48 N. E. 39; Kent v. Miltenberger, 13 Mo. App. 506. In surveying. An angle made by two boundary lines; the common end of two boundary lines, which run at an angle with each other.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

An angle made by two boundary Unes; a manipulation of the market to make an article of commerce scarce or plenty at the will of the manipulators.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A combination among the dealers in a specific commodity, or outside eapitulists, for the purpose of buying up the greater portion of that commodity which is upon the market or may be brought to market, and holding the same back from sale, until the demand shall so far outrun the limited supply as to advance the price abnormally. 72 Pa, St. 158; 101 Mass. 145. In surveying. An angle made by two boundary lines; the common end of two boundary lines, which run at an angle with each obher.