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CONSTRUCTIVE RECEIPT OF INCOME

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For tax purposes, where a taxpayer is considered to have received money or income that may not have actually been received by a taxpayer, e.g. the receipt of a bank check that may not have been but could be cashed. … [Read more...] about CONSTRUCTIVE RECEIPT OF INCOME

CONSULTANT

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An independent contractor, an expert who is hired for their specific specialty to advise on a subject but is not employed by the company. … [Read more...] about CONSULTANT

CONSUMMATE

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Completed; as distinguished from initiate, or that which is merely begun. The husband of a woman seised of an estate of inheritance becomes, by the birth of a child, tenant by the curtesy initiate, and may do many acts to charge the lands, but his estate Is not consummate till the death of the wife. 2 Bl. Comm. 120,128; Co. Litt 30a. … [Read more...] about CONSUMMATE

CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE

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Service of process made upon a party in a manner other than constructive service. … [Read more...] about CONSTRUCTIVE SERVICE

CONSULTARY RESPONSE

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The opinion of a court of law on a special case. … [Read more...] about CONSULTARY RESPONSE

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