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four corners

four corners. The face of a written instrument. • The phrase derives from the ancient custom of putting all instruments (such as contracts) on a single sheet of parchment, as opposed to multiple pages, no matter how long the sheet might be. At common law, this custom prevented people from fraudulently inserting materials into a

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corner

corner, n. 1. The common end of two survey lines; an angle made by two boundary lines. [Cases: Boundaries 7. C.J.S. Boundaries §§ 10–13.] existent corner. A corner whose location can be verified by an original landmark, a surveyor’s field notes, or other reliable evidence. lost corner. A point in a land description, such as

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lost corner

A point in a land description, such as a landmark or natural object, whose position cannot be rea-sonably determined from traces of the original marks or other acceptable evidence. • The location can be determined by reference to one or more independent points remaining in the description.

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four corners rule

four-corners rule. 1. The principle that a document’s meaning is to be gathered from the entire document and not from its isolated parts. [Cases: Contracts 143.5; Evidence 448. C.J.S. Contracts § 314.] 2. The principle that no extraneous evidence should be used to interpret an unambiguous document. Cf. PAROL-EVIDENCE RULE. [Cases: Evidence 448. C.J.S. Evidence

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market corner

market corner (1)垄断市场联合 垄断组织间通过短期价格约定,对某种商品的购买超过其市场总供给,以达到囤积居奇的目的。 (2)垄断市场;囤积居奇 通过控制某种商品的全部或大部分,人为地提高价格,囤积居奇,或者人为地压低价格,使市场价格在一定期限内维持一个较低水平。

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