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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In English law

The commission received for carrying over or putting off the time of execution of a contract to deliver stocks or pay for them at a certain time.

Wharton.

CONTEK (Law Fr.) A contest; dispute; disturbance; opposition. Britt. c.

42; Kelham.

Conteckours; brawlers; disturbers of the peace. Britt. c.

29.