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The term “financially self-sustaining” means management and operating expenditures equal to or less than proceeds derived from fees and other receipts for resource use and developm
For purposes of clause (i), the term “financially troubled bank” means any bank if, for the taxable year, the nonperforming loan percentage of such bank exceeds 75 percent.
In this section, the term “financial management position” means a position or group of positions (including civilian and military positions), as designated by the Secretary for pur
The term “financial market utility” means any person that manages or operates a multilateral system for the purpose of transferring, clearing, or settling payments, securities, or
The term "financial, material, or technological support" has the meaning given such term in section 542.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding
Financial obligation.—The term “financial obligation” means any note, bond, debenture, or other debt obligation issued by an obligor in connection with the financing of an aircraft
“financial or administrative function” has the meaning provided in section 101(20)(H)(ii) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U
“financial organization” means any savings and loan association, building and loan association, credit union, or investment company engaged in business in the United States.
financial or mercantile' activity was intended to describe conduct of the ordinary private commercial character usually associated with those terms
The term “financial participant” means— (A) an entity that, at the time it enters into a securities contract, commodity contract, swap agreement, repurchase agreement, or forward c
The term “financial plan” means a plan of services provided by each Bureau school.
the term “financial product” means a security, an insurance product (including an insurance product that pays a return, whether fixed or variable), a bank product, and a loan produ
The term “financial product or service” has the meaning given the term in section 5481 of this title . / The term “financial product or service” means— (i) extending credit and ser
The term “financial protection” means the ability to respond in damages for public liability and to meet the costs of investigating and defending claims and settling suits for such
“financial record” means an original of, a copy of, or information known to have been derived from, any record held by a financial institution pertaining to a customer's relationsh
The term “financial requirement” includes deductibles, copayments, coinsurance, and out-of-pocket expenses, but excludes an aggregate lifetime limit and an annual limit subject to
The term “financial responsibility rules” means the rules and regulations of the Commission or the rules and regulations prescribed by any self-regulatory organization relating to
In this section, the term “financial services” includes the following: (1) Life insurance, casualty insurance, and other insurance. (2) Investments in securities or financial instr
The term “financial services group” means any affiliated group (as defined in section 1504(a) without regard to paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 1504(b)) which is predominantly en
Except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph, the term “financial services income” means any income which is received or accrued by any person predominantly engaged in the act
For purposes of this subsection, the term "financial statement net operating loss" means the amount of the net loss (if any) set forth on the corporation's applicable fin
The term “financial subsidiary” has the meaning given the term in section 24a(g) of this title . / The term “financial subsidiary” means any company that is controlled by 1 or more
For the purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “financial transaction” includes— (i) funds transfers; (ii) securities contracts; (iii) contracts of sale of a commodity for future d
the term “financial transaction data” means the structure and legal description of a financial contract, with sufficient detail to describe the rights and obligations between count
Financial transaction provider.—The term "financial transaction provider" means a creditor, credit card issuer, financial institution, operator of a terminal at which an
The term “financial transition period” means a period beginning on October 1, 1985, and terminating on October 1, 1991.
or FINANCIAN. One who manages the finances or public revenue; persons skilled in matters appertaining to the judicious management of money affairs.
The term “financing account” means the non-budget account or accounts associated with each credit program account which holds balances, receives the cost payment from the credit pr
In French law. A legal bar to the maintenance of a claim. Ord. Mar. liv., tit. 12; Poth. Obi. p. 3, c. 8, art. 1. An exception or plea founded on law, which, without entering into
The term “FinCEN” means the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of the Treasury.
The term “FinCEN identifier” means the unique identifying number assigned by FinCEN to a person under this section.
To discover a lost chattel; to state judicially a conclusion of law or fact; to arrive at a decision, by a court or a verdict, by a jury. See 74 Wis. 267, 42 N. W. 110.
To secure bail or sureties.
- Finderdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)Bouvier (1839)
One who lawfully comes to the possession of another's personal property, which was then lost,
- Findingdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)
The result of the deliberations of a jury or a court. 1 Day (Conn.) 238; 2 Day (Conn.) 12. The "findings of fact" of a judge, on which his decision is based,
“finding of discrimination” means a decision by the Secretary about a complaint described in section 6716(b), a decision by a State or local administrative agency, or other informa
A finding of equivalence is a determination of fact.
A determination of a fact by the court, such fact being averred by one party and denied by the other, and the determination being based on the evidence in the case; also the answer
The finding of issues in fact by the court upon the evidence is altogether unknown to a common-law court, and cannot be recognised as a judicial act. Such questions are exclusively
The term "finding of no significant impact" has the meaning given the term in section 1508.1 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation). / The t
The term “finding of patient or resident abuse” means any substantiated finding by a State agency under section 1819(g)(1)(C) or 1919(g)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C
We think that refers to one which, after full hearing, determined and prescribed a rate thereafter to be observed.
A finding without evidence is arbitrary and baseless. A finding without evidence is beyond the power of the Commission. An order based thereon is contrary to law, and must be set a
- finedefined inCase LawCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)Bouvier (1839)
a forfeiture or penalty recoverable in a civil action.
A sum of money paid by an offender by way of punishment In old English law. Further, a sum of money paid for a privilege; a species of conveyance and assurance by matter of record,
See Fine of land .
An English statute of 1833 abolishing fines of land and substituting conveyances by deed.
St. 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 74. This act abolished fines and recoveries. 2 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 364, note; 1 Steph. Comm. 514. FINE ANNULLANDO LEVATO DE TENemento quod fult de antique dom
An abolished writ for disannulling a fine levied of lands in ancient demesne to the prejudice of the lord. Reg. Orig. 15.
An obsolete writ which lay for a person who, upon conviction by jury, had his lands and goods taken, and his body imprisoned, to be remitted his imprisonment, and have his lands an
- Fine For Alienationdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)
A sum of money which a tenant by knight's service, or a tenant in capite by socage tenure, paid to his lord for permission to alienate his right in the estate he held to another, a
- Fine Forcedefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)
An absolute necessity or inevitable constraint. Old Nat. Brev. 78; Plowd. 94; 6 Coke, 11; Cowell. FINE SUR COGNIZANCE DE DROIT come ceo que II ad de son done. A fine upon acknowled
- Fine For Endowmentdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)
An old English law grounded on the feudal exactions that a woman could not be endowed without a fine paid to the lord of the tenement. Abolished by Henry I., and afterwards by Magn
To impose or pay a fine.
An obsolete writ to inhibit officers of courts to take fines for fair pleading.
A court proceeding used as a means of transferring land in England, usually a fictitious action, was abolished by statute in 1833, and was often used to defeat an estate-tail. See
[L. Fr. fynjeyn; L. Lat. finis, finalis coneordia^ In conveyancing. A species of conveyance or assurance by matter of record, formerly in extensive use in England, in the form of a
An old writ which lay for the release of one imprisoned for a redisseisin, on payment of a reasonable fine. Reg. Orig. 222.
See Oblate Rolls. FINE SUR COGNIZANCE DE DROIT
Boundaries; limits.
In old English law. A sum of money which any one is to pay the king for any contempt or offense; which fine any one that commits any trespass, or is convict that he falsely denies
l.fr. In old English law. A fine upon grant, by acknowledgment of a grant de novo, but of no precedent right. Fine sur cognizance de droit: a fine upon acknowledgment of the right;
A fine of land upon the acknowledgment of the right (of the cognizee) as that which he has by the gift (of his cognizor), wherein the cog-nizor acknowledges his gift of the land to
A fine upon acknowledgment of the right merely, and not with the circumstance of a preceding gift from the cognizor. This was commonly used to pass a reversionary interest which wa
A fine upon acknowledgment of the right merely.
A fine granted where the cognizor, in order to make an end of disputes, though he acknowledges no precedent right, yet gi'ants to the cognizee an estate de novo, usually for life o
GRANT ET RENDER. A double fine, comprehending the fine sur cognizance de droit come ceo and the fine sur concessit. It may be used to convey particular limitations of estates and t
A double fine, comprehending the fine sur cognizance de droit come ceo, and the fine sur concessit. It may be used to convey writ of covenant; whereas the fine sur cognizance de dr
A fine upon gift grant and render, wherein the cognizee grants back or renders an estate to the cognizor or to a third party after the cognizor has acknowledged a grant to him (the
I. In the civil law. Action for regulating boundaries.
- Finiredefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)
In old English law. To fine, or pay a fine. Rog. Hov., cited in Cowell. To end or finish a matter. FINIS EST AMICABILIS COMPOSITIO et finalis concordia ex consensu et concordia dom
- Finisdefined inBallentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Anderson (1889)Stimson (1881)Burrill (1850)
A fine; the end; the limit.
- Finis est amicabilis compositio ah finalis concordia ex oonoensu et concordia domini regis vel jnsticiarnmdefined inBlack's (1910)
Glan. lin. 8, c. l. A flne is an amicable settlement and decisive agreement by consent and agreement of our lord, the king or his justices.
- Finis est amicabilis compositio et finalis concordia ex consensu et concordia domini regis vel justi-cariumdefined inBallentine's (1916)
A fine is a friendly settlement and final concord by the consent of our lord the king or the justices.
A fine puts an end to litigation. 3 Inst 78.
A fine puts an end to litigation. 3 Inst. 78.
See Final; Pekpect. Moving into a house may not estop the owner to deny th/it it was finished, within the meaning of his acceptance of an order " to be paid when the house is finis
The term “finished dosage form” means— (A) a drug product in the form in which it will be administered to a patient, such as a tablet, capsule, solution, or topical application; (B
The term “finished good” means any good or product (other than a panel) containing— (i) hardwood plywood; (ii) particleboard; or (iii) medium-density fiberboard.
closed or stopped off square, is manifest, for several reasons.
the term "finished product" means any article which is usable for its intended functions without being imbedded or integrated into any other product, but in no case shall
3 Inst. 5L The end of a thing is to be attended to.
The end of a thing is to be attended to. 3 Inst. 51. FINIS UNIUS DIEI EST PRINCIPIUM alterlus. The end of one day Is the beginning of another, 2 Bulst. 305.
2 Bulst. 305. The end of one day is the beginning of another.
The end of one day is the beginning of another.
- Finitiodefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)
In old records. An ending or finishing; death, as the end of life (quia vita finitur morte). Cowell; Holthouse.
- Finium Regundorum Actiodefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)Burrill (1850)
In civil law. An action for regulating boundaries. 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, § 271.
Refiners of gold and silver. FIRDFARE (Saxon). See "Firdnite." FIRDIRINGA (Saxon). A preparation to go into the army. Leg. Hen. 1.
In Civil Law. To become flde-jus8or; to pledge one’s self; to act as surety for another. Among the words designated as words of obligation or forms of stipulation. Fide-jubesT do y
In English Law. A summoning forth to a military expedition {indictio ad profectionem militarem). Spelman, Gloss. F1RDS0CNE (Sax.). Exemption from military service. Spelman, Gloss.
Sax. A preparation to go into the army. Leg. Hen. I.
or FIRDWITE (Saxon.) A mulct or penalty imposed on military tenants for their default in not appearing in arms, or coming to an expedition; a penalty imposed for murder committed i
Sav. In old English law. Exemption from military service. Speiman.
In old English law. A fine for refusing military service, (mulcta detrectantis militiam.) Spelman. A fine imposed for murder committed in the army; an acquittance of such flne. Fle
The effect of combustion. The juridical meaning of the word does not differ from the vernacular. 1 Pars. Mae, Law, 231, et seq. —Fire and sword, letters of. In old Scotch law. Lett
Letters of fire and sword were the ancient means for dispossessing a tenant who retained possession contrary to the order of the judge and diligence of the law. They were directed
In old Scotch law. Letters issued from the privy council in Scotland, addressed to the sheriff of the county, authorizing him to call for the assistance of the county to dispossess
any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive or the expansion of gas therein.
An instrument used in the propulsion of shot, shell, or bullets by the action of gunpowder exploded within It. In 1637 a royal charter was granted to the gunmakers 6f London empowe
any device for silencing, muffling, or diminishing the report of a portable firearm, including any combination of parts, designed or redesigned, and intended for use in assembling