common chase
A chase in which everyone is entitled to hunt.
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Forest or Chase of Dartmoor
Forest or Chase of Dartmoor 〈英〉达特穆尔林地(猎场)康沃尔公爵所拥有的一项财产，占地达52 000英亩，其中约有33 000英亩的未筑栅土地，其上的牧场由公爵租给代人放牧者〔agister〕使用。1908年《公社法》〔Commons Act〕对在达特穆尔林地放牧做了限制性规定。
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affiliated purchaser
Securities. Any of the following: (1) a person directly or indirectly acting in concert with a distribution participant in connection with the acquisition or distribution of the securities involved; (2) an affiliate who directly or indirectly controls the purchases of those securities by a distribution participant, or whose purchases are controlled by such a participant,
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chase
chase. Hist. A franchise granted by the Crown empowering the grantee to keep, within a certain district, animals for hunting, i.e., the objects of the chase. • This franchise was also known as a free chase to contrast it with a chase royal — a chase held by the Crown. common chase. A chase in
automatic assignment doctrine
Trademarks. The rule that, absent evidence to the contrary, the sale of an entire business carries with it and transfers to the purchaser any common-law marks used in that business without the need for a written assignment. • For marks registered under the Lanham Act or under some state registration schemes, a written assignment is
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conquest
conquest. 1. Int’l law. An act of force by which, during a war, a belligerent occupies territory within an enemy country with the intention of extending its sovereignty over that territory. • That intention is usu. explained in a proclamation or some other legal act. 2. Hist. The acquisition of land by any method other
dividend reinvestment plan
dividend-reinvestment plan. A stock-purchase program that allows investors to reinvest their dividends, and perhaps convert additional voluntary payments, into shares of the entity’s common stock, usu. with no sales charge, and sometimes at a discount from the stock’s market price. • Although the investor never receives the cash, it is still treated as income to
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qualifying share
A share of common stock purchased by someone in order to become a director of a corporation that requires its directors to be shareholders. [Cases: Corporations 282. C.J.S. Corporations §§ 447–448.]
division order
division order. Oil & gas. A contract for the sale of oil or gas, specifying how the payments are to be distributed. • Royalty owners enter into division orders to sell minerals and to instruct how payments are to be made under a mineral lease. Working-interest owners also commonly sign division orders to instruct purchasers