public writings
public writings 公文书 包括公文、公事书册及档案。
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public writing
public writing. 1. The written acts or records of a government (or its constituent units) that are not constitutionally or statutorily protected from disclosure. • Laws and judicial records, for example, are public writings. A private writing that becomes part of a public record may be a public writing in some circumstances. 2. Rare. A
best efforts underwriting
Underwriting in which an investment banker agrees to direct, but not guarantee, the public sale of the issuer’s securities. • The underwriter, or selling group, sells the securities as agent for the issuer, and any unsold securities are never issued.
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standby underwriting
Underwriting in which the underwriter agrees, for a fee, to buy from the issuer any unsold shares remaining after the public offering. — Also termed strict underwriting.
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legal writing institute
Legal Writing Institute. A nonprofit corporation founded in 1984 to promote the exchange of information and ideas about the teaching of legal writing. • It is composed mainly of legal-writing teachers at American law schools. Like its sister organization, the Association of Legal Writing Directors, it seeks to improve the teaching of legal writing through
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underwriting
underwriting, n. 1. The act of assuming a risk by insuring it; the insurance of life or property. See INSURANCE. [Cases: Insurance 1515.] 2. The act of agreeing to buy all or part of a new issue of securities to be offered for public sale. [Cases: Securities Regulation 11.18, 60.31. C.J.S. Securities Regulation §§ 69,
firm commitment underwriting
Underwriting in which the underwriter agrees to buy all the shares to be issued and remain financially responsible for any securities not purchased. • The underwriter, or underwriting group, buys the securities from the issuer and resells them as principal. In this type of underwriting, securities that cannot be sold to the public are owned
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sedition
sedition, n. 1. An agreement, communication, or other preliminary activity aimed at inciting treason or some lesser commotion against public authority. 2. Advocacy aimed at inciting or producing — and likely to incite or produce — imminent lawless action. • At common law, sedition included defaming a member of the royal family or the government.
authentic act
authentic act. Civil law. 1. A writing signed before a notary public or other public officer. [Cases: Acknowledgment 1. C.J.S. Acknowledgments §§ 2–4.] 2. A certified copy of a writing. [Cases: Evidence 343. C.J.S. Evidence §§ 887–888.]