1. (usu. cap. & often ital.) A hypothetical person (A deeds Blackacre to B).
2. [Latin] From; by; in; on; of; at.
3. [Law Latin] With.
4. [Law French] Of; at; to; for; in; with.
5. Securities. A letter used in a newspaper stock-transaction table to indicate that cash was paid during the year in addition to regular dividends.
6. Securities. A letter used in a newspaper mutual-fund transaction table to indicate a yield that may include capital gains and losses as well as current interest.
7. (cap.) Securities. A letter used in a newspaper corporate earnings report to identify the American Stock Exchange as the primary market of a firm’s common stock.
8. (cap.) Securities. An above-average grade given to a debt obligation by a rating agency. • The grades, as ranked by Standard & Poor’s, range from AAA (highest) down to CCC. The equivalent standards from Moody’s are Aaa, Aa, A, Baa, and so on down to C.
9. Marine insurance. A rating assigned in Lloyd’s Register of Shipping to ships considered to be in first-class condition. 10.abbr. ADVERSUS. 11. (cap.) Hist. A scarlet letter worn as punishment by a person convicted of adultery. 12. Roman law. An abbreviation for absolvo written on wooden tablets by criminal-court judges to indicate a vote for acquittal. 13. Roman law. An abbreviation for antiquo (“for the old law”) written on wooden tablets by the participants in a popular assembly to indicate a vote against a proposed bill.
