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Deferred Stock

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

See Stock. DEFICIT (Lat. Is wanting). The deficiency which is discovered in the accounts of an accountant, or in the money which he has received.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Stock in a cor poration is sometimes divided into “preferred,” the holders of which are entitled to a fixed dividend payable out of the net earnings of the whole stock, and “deferred,” the holders of which are entitled to all the residue of the net earnings after such fixed dividend has been paid to the holders of the preferred stock. Wharton. Deficiente uno sanguine non potest esse heeres. 3 Coke, 41. One blood being wanting, he cannot be heir, But see 3&4 Wm. IV. c. 106, § 9, and 33 & 34 Vict. ¢. 23, Sols