all-holders rule. Securities. 1. An SEC rule that prohibits a public offering by the issuer of shares to some, but not all, of the holders of a class of shares. 2. An SEC rule requiring a tender offeror to make its offer to all the target company’s shareholders. [Cases: Securities Regulation 52.30–52.50. C.J.S. Securities Regulation […]
et hoc petit quod inquiratur per patriam (et hok pet-it kwod in-kw[schwa]-ray-t[schwa]r p[schwa]r pay-tree-[schwa]m). [Latin “and this he prays may be inquired of by the country”] Archaic. The conclusion of a plaintiff’s pleading that tendered an issue to the country. See CONCLUSION TO THE COUNTRY.
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bill of credit. 1. Legal tender in the form of paper, issued by a state and involving the faith of the state, designed to circulate as money in the ordinary uses of business. U.S. Const. art. I, § 10. [Cases: States 145. C.J.S. States § 251.] 2. LETTER OF CREDIT.
trade dollar. Hist. A United States dollar coin, made of silver, issued from 1873 to 1878 for use in foreign trade, esp. in eastern Asia. • A trade dollar was legal tender within the U.S. until 1876 when the coin’s silver content fell to less than one dollar. From 1878 to 1885, trade dollars were
motion for a repleader. Common-law pleading. An unsuccessful party’s posttrial motion asking that the pleadings begin anew because the issue was joined on an immaterial point. • The court never awards a repleader to the party who tendered the immaterial issue. [Cases: Pleading 286. C.J.S. Pleading § 477.]
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