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Knot
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KnotOne nautical mile (6080 feet) per hour, the maritime measure for speed at sea.
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Mile
Measure. A length of a thousand paces, or seventeen hundred and sixty yards, or five thousand two hundred and eighty feet. It contains eight furlongs, every furlong being forty poles, and each pole sixteen feet six inches.
Hour
Measure of time. The space of sixty minutes, or the twenty-fourth part of a natural day.
Maritime
That which belongs to or is connected with the sea.
Measure
That which is used as a rule to determine a quantity. A certain quantity of something, taken for a unit, and which expresses a relation with other quantities of the same thing.
Sea
The ocean; the great mass of waters which surrounds the land, and which probably extends from pole to pole, covering nearly three quarters of the globe. Waters within the ebb and flow of the tide, are to be considered the sea.
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Kissing
Kissing the bible is a ceremony used in taking the corporal oath, the object being, as the canonists say, to denote the assent of the witness to the oath in the form it is imposed. The witness kisses either the whole bible, or some portion of it; or a cross in some countries.
Kiting
Using several bank accounts in different banks, making deposits and writing checks against the accounts before the deposit checks clear the banking system, creating a "float" of money out of nothing more than the lag in time while checks clear and post to their respective accounts.
Knave
A false, dishonest, or deceitful person. This signification of the word has arisen by a long perversion of its original meaning. To call a man a knave has been held to be actionable.
Knight's fee
Old English law. An uncertain measure of land, but, according to some opinions it is said to contain six hundred and eighty acres.
Knight's service
English law. It was, formerly, a tenure of lands. Those who held by knight's service were called: milites qui per loricas terras suas defendunt;: soldiers who defend the country by their armor. The incidents of knight's service were. homage, fealty, warranty, wardship, marriage, reliefs, heriots, aids, escheats, and forfeiture.
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Know-how
Know-how as a term often covers matters such as new product plans, costings, materials, production information, financial status, accountancy information, consumer lists and business information. If such information is particularly sensitive, it may constitute a genuine trade secret where the law will imply obligation upon employees and ex-employees to prevent disclosure. Most other forms of know-how and confidential information can only be restricted, other than during employment, by means of a valid confidentiality undertaking or confidentiality agreement.
Knowingly
Pleadings. The word knowingly," or "well knowing," will supply the place of a positive averment in an indictment or declaration, that the defendant knew the facts subsequently stated; if notice or knowledge be unnecessarily stated, the allegation may be rejected as surplusage.
Knowledge
Information as to a fact. Many acts are perfectly innocent when the party performing them is not aware of certain circumstances attending them for example, a man may pass a counterfeit note and be guiltless, if he did not know it was so he may receive stolen goods if he were not aware of the fact that they were stolen. In these and the like cases it is the guilty knowledge which makes the crime.
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Mile
Measure. A length of a thousand paces, or seventeen hundred and sixty yards, or five thousand two hundred and eighty feet. It contains eight furlongs, every furlong being forty poles, and each pole sixteen feet six inches.
Hour
Measure of time. The space of sixty minutes, or the twenty-fourth part of a natural day.
Maritime
That which belongs to or is connected with the sea.
Measure
That which is used as a rule to determine a quantity. A certain quantity of something, taken for a unit, and which expresses a relation with other quantities of the same thing.
Sea
The ocean; the great mass of waters which surrounds the land, and which probably extends from pole to pole, covering nearly three quarters of the globe. Waters within the ebb and flow of the tide, are to be considered the sea.
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PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Kissing
Kissing the bible is a ceremony used in taking the corporal oath, the object being, as the canonists say, to denote the assent of the witness to the oath in the form it is imposed. The witness kisses either the whole bible, or some portion of it; or a cross in some countries.
Kiting
Using several bank accounts in different banks, making deposits and writing checks against the accounts before the deposit checks clear the banking system, creating a "float" of money out of nothing more than the lag in time while checks clear and post to their respective accounts.
Knave
A false, dishonest, or deceitful person. This signification of the word has arisen by a long perversion of its original meaning. To call a man a knave has been held to be actionable.
Knight's fee
Old English law. An uncertain measure of land, but, according to some opinions it is said to contain six hundred and eighty acres.
Knight's service
English law. It was, formerly, a tenure of lands. Those who held by knight's service were called: milites qui per loricas terras suas defendunt;: soldiers who defend the country by their armor. The incidents of knight's service were. homage, fealty, warranty, wardship, marriage, reliefs, heriots, aids, escheats, and forfeiture.
Knot
Know-how
Know-how as a term often covers matters such as new product plans, costings, materials, production information, financial status, accountancy information, consumer lists and business information. If such information is particularly sensitive, it may constitute a genuine trade secret where the law will imply obligation upon employees and ex-employees to prevent disclosure. Most other forms of know-how and confidential information can only be restricted, other than during employment, by means of a valid confidentiality undertaking or confidentiality agreement.
Knowingly
Pleadings. The word knowingly," or "well knowing," will supply the place of a positive averment in an indictment or declaration, that the defendant knew the facts subsequently stated; if notice or knowledge be unnecessarily stated, the allegation may be rejected as surplusage.
Knowledge
Information as to a fact. Many acts are perfectly innocent when the party performing them is not aware of certain circumstances attending them for example, a man may pass a counterfeit note and be guiltless, if he did not know it was so he may receive stolen goods if he were not aware of the fact that they were stolen. In these and the like cases it is the guilty knowledge which makes the crime.
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