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Shave

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

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Sometimes used to denote the act of obtaining the property of another by oppression and extortion; but it also denotes the buying of existing notes and other securities for money, at a discount.

2 Denio (N. Y.) 293, 300.