Also known as the ADA, this is a federal law prohibiting discrimination against people with physical or mental disabilities in employment and services. … [Read more...] about AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
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AMORTISE
contracts. To alien lands in mortmain. AMOTION. In corporations and companies, is the act of removing an officer from his office; it differs from disfranchisement, which is applicable to members. The power of amotion is incident to a corporation. 2 Str. 819; 1 Burr. 639. 2. In Rex v. Richardson, Lord Mansfield specified three sorts of offences for which an officer might be … [Read more...] about AMORTISE
AMEUBLISSEMENT
In French law. A species of agreement which by a fiction gives to immovable goods the quality of movable. Merl. Repert; 1 Low. Can. 25, 58. … [Read more...] about AMEUBLISSEMENT
AMORTIZATION
An alienation of lands or tenements in mortmain. The reduction of the property of lands or tenements to mortmain. In its modern sense, amortization Is the operation of paying off bonds, stock, or other indebtedness of a state or corporation. Sweet. … [Read more...] about AMORTIZATION
AMEX
American Stock Exchange. … [Read more...] about AMEX