human-leukocyte antigen test. A medical process of analyzing the blood sample of a man in a paternity or legitimacy case by comparing certain indicators with the child’s blood. — Abbr. HLA test. See BLOOD-GROUPING TEST. Cf. GENETIC-MARKER TEST. [Cases: Children Out-of-Wedlock 58. C.J.S. Children Out-of-Wedlock §§ 75–76.]
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A stock-market indicator showing the cumulative net difference between stock-price advances and declines.
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badge of fraud. A circumstance generally considered by courts as an indicator that a party to a transaction intended to hinder or defraud the other party, such as a transfer in anticipation of litigation, a transaction outside the usual course of business, or a false statement. See FRAUD. [Cases: Fraud 3; Fraudulent Conveyances 13–16.]
index, n. 1. An alphabetized listing of the topics or other items included in a single book or document, or in a series of volumes, usu. found at the end of the book, document, or series (index of authorities). grantee–grantor index. An index, usu. kept in the county recorder’s office, alphabetically listing by grantee the
Dow Jones Industrial Average. A stock-market-performance indicator that consists of the price movements in the stocks of 30 leading industrial companies in the United States. — Abbr. DJIA. — Often shortened to Dow. — Also termed Dow Jones Average.
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