back, vb. 1. To indorse; to sign the back of an instrument. 2. To sign so as to show acceptance or approval. 3. To sign so as to indicate financial responsibility for. 4. Hist. (Of a magistrate) to sign a warrant issued in one county to permit its execution in the signing magistrate’s county. “[Although] […]
common-stock equivalent. A security that is exchangeable for common stock, and thus is considered to be the same as common stock. • Common-stock equivalents include certain types of convertible securities, stock options, and warrants.
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Debtor’s Act of 1869. An English statute that, among other things, (1) abolished imprisonment for debt except in certain cases, as when a debtor owed a debt to the Crown or a debtor had money but refused to pay a debt, (2) abolished arrest by mesne process, that is, by compelling the defendant to appear
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