ddos
DDoS.abbr. Distributed denial-of-service attack. See DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK.
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precompounded prescription drug
A drug that is distributed from the manufacturer, to the pharmacist, and then to the consumer without a change in form.
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denial of service attack
denial-of-service attack. A malicious strike against a computer, website, network, server, or database designed to render it inaccessible, usu. by overwhelming it with activity or by forcing it to malfunction. — Also termed nuking. — Abbr. DoS attack. distributed denial-of-service attack. A denial-of-service attack carried out by distributing a virus that causes infected computers to
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sequestration
sequestration (see-kwes-tray-sh[schwa]n), n. 1. The process by which property is removed from the possessor pending the outcome of a dispute in which two or more parties contend for it. Cf. ATTACHMENT(1); GARNISHMENT. [Cases: Sequestration 1. C.J.S. Sequestration §§ 2–3, 5.] conventional sequestration. The parties’ voluntary deposit of the property at issue in a lawsuit. judicial
lump sum agreement
lump-sum agreement. Int’l law. An agreement for one nation that caused injuries to another nation’s citizens to make a single payment to the other nation to settle outstanding claims for those injuries. • The recipient nation has the power to decide how the settlement funds should be distributed. This method of settling claims has become
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partial liquidation
A liquidation that does not completely dispose of a company’s assets; esp., a liquidation occurring when some corporate assets are distributed to shareholders (usu. on a pro rata basis) and the corporation continues to operate in a restricted form. [Cases: Internal Revenue 3820. C.J.S. Internal Revenue §§ 398–399, 402.]
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D reorganization
A reorganization in which the corporation transfers some or all of its assets to another corporation that is controlled by the transferor or its shareholders, and then the stock of the transferee corporation is distributed. [Cases: Internal Revenue 3670.]
chain conspiracy
A single conspiracy in which each person is responsible for a distinct act within the overall plan, such as an agreement to produce, import, and distribute narcotics in which each person performs only one function. • All participants are interested in the overall scheme and liable for all other participants’ acts in furtherance of that
estate trust
A trust that is established to qualify a deceased spouse’s property for the marital deduction. • The trustee may be given discretion to distribute principal or income to the donor’s spouse if the donor also provides that, at the surviving spouse’s death, any accumulated income and remaining principal must be distributed to the surviving spouse’s