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CONSIGNMENT SALE

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Where a seller provides goods to a store which are sold by the store owner and pays the store owner a fee for the goods being able to stay on the shelves. Unsold goods are still the property of the original seller. … [Read more...] about CONSIGNMENT SALE

CONSOLIDATED OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT

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Also known as COBRA. For more information, see COBRA. … [Read more...] about CONSOLIDATED OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT

CONSIGNOR

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contracts. One who makes a consignment to another. 2. When goods are consigned to be sold on commission, and the property remains in the consignor; or when goods have been consigned upon a credit, and the consignee has become a bankrupt or failed, the consignor has a right to stop them in transitu. Abbot on Sh. p. 3, c. 3. The consignor is generally liable for the freight or … [Read more...] about CONSIGNOR

CONSOLIDATION

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In the civil law. The union of the usufruct with the estate out of which it issues, in the same person; which happens when the usufructuary acquires the estate, or vice versa. In either case the usufruct is extinct Lec. El. Dr. Rom. 424. In Scotch law. The junction of the property and superiority of an estate, where they have been disjoined. Bell. Consolidation of actions. The … [Read more...] about CONSOLIDATION

CONSILIARIUS

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In the civil law. A counsellor, as distinguished from a pleader or advocate. An assistant judge. One who participates In the decisions. Du Cange. … [Read more...] about CONSILIARIUS

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