sperate
sperate (speer-[schwa]t), adj. Archaic. (Of a debt) recoverable; not hopeless. • In determining whether a debt could be collected, consideration was formerly given to whether the debt was desperate or sperate.
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desperate chose in action
desperate chose in action 无法实现的权利动产(→desperate debt)
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arm’s length price
The price at which two unrelated, unaffiliated, and nondesperate parties would freely agree to do business. See arm’s-length transaction under TRANSACTION; fair market value under VALUE.
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exannual roll
exannual roll (eks-an-yoo-[schwa]l). Hist. In England, a roll into which illeviable fines and desperate debts were transcribed and that was annually read to the sheriff upon his accounting to see what might be gotten.