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Symbol
SymbolA sign; a token; a representation of one thing by another. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Sign 1) Contracts, evidence. A token of anything; a note or token given without words.2) Measures. In angular measures, a sign is equal to thirty degrees. 3) Merchant law. A board, tin or other substance, on which is painted the name and business of a merchant or tradesman. Token 1) Contracts, crimes. A document or sign of the existence of a fact. 2) Commercial law. In England, this name is given to pieces of metal, made in the shape of money, passing among private persons by consent at a certain value. Representation 1) Insurances. A representation is a collateral statement, either by writing not inserted in the policy, or by parol, of such facts or circumstances relative to the proposed adventure, as are necessary to be communicated to the underwriters, to enable them to form a just estimate of the risk. 2) Scotch law. The name of a plea or statement presented to a lord ordinary of the court of sessions, when his judgment is brought under review. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Swap agreement 1) An agreement (including terms and conditions incorporated by reference therein) which is a rate swap agreement, basis swap, forward rate agreement, commodity swap, interest rate option, forward foreign exchange agreement, spot foreign exchange agreement, rate cap agreement, rate floor agreement, rate collar agreement, currency swap agreement, cross-currency rate swap agreement, currency option, any other similar agreement (including any option to enter into any of the foregoing); 2) Any combination of the foregoing Swear, to To take an oath, judicially administered. Swindle A scheme to obtain money by Ruse or False Pretense. Swindler Criminal law. A cheat; one guilty of defrauding divers persons. Sykes, edward i Australian general commentator on the conflicts of laws: Sykes writings with Pryles, M.C. (supra) use the "The Third Approach" (infra) to discuss and analyze conflicts of laws. Symbol Symeonides, Symeon C (1949-) Amongst other things, Symeonides is the author of 13 annual surveys of American choice of law cases, published in the American Journal of Comparative Law. Synallagmatic contract Civil law. A synallagmatic or bilateral contract is one by which each of the contracting parties binds himself to the other; such are the contracts of sale, hiring. Syndic A term used in the French law, which answers in one sense to our word assignee, when applied to the management of bankrupts' estates; it has also a more extensive meaning; in companies and communities, syndics are they who are chosen to conduct the affairs and attend to the concerns of the body corporate or community; and in that sense the word corresponds to director or manager. Syngraph A deed, bond, or other instrument of writing, under the band and seal of all the parties. It was so called because the parties wrote together. Synod An ecclesiastical assembly. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Symbol. If you have a better definition for Symbol than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Symbol may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Symbol and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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