straddle

Defined in 6 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)

United States Code

26 U.S.C. § 1092 — for purposes of this section

The term “straddle” means offsetting positions with respect to personal property.

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

A privilege in the holder to demand of the seller at a certain price within a certain time certain property, or to require him to take, at the same price within the same time, the same property. 83 N. Y. 95. See "Gajnbling Contract."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The double privilege of a “put” and “call,” securing to the holder the right to demand of the seller at a certain price within a certain time a certain number of shares of specified stock, or to require him to take, at the same price within the same time, the same shares of stock. See 83 N. Y. 92, 38 Am. Rep. 398.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

See Option. United States; but in this sense the term alien is more properly applied until he be-

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In stock-brokers' parlance the term means the double privilege of a "put" and a "call," and secures to the holder the right to demand of the seller at a certain price within a certain time a certain number of shares of specified stock or to require him to take, at the same price within the same time, the same shares of stock. Harris v. Tumbridge, 83 N. Y. 95, 38 Am. Rep. 398.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

The double privilege of a "put" and a "call," giving the holder a right either to demand or to deliver a certain amount of a commodity, or a certain number of shares of stock, within a certain time, at a certain price. Stranding^. An accidental striking and remaining of a vessel on a bank, rock or reef; a grounding and filling with water.