Diptychs; tablets of wood, metal, or other substance, used among the Romans for the purpose of writing, and folded like a book of two leaves. The diptychs of antiquity were especially employed for public registers. They were used in tht Greek, and afterwards in the Roman, church, as registers of the names of those for whom supplication was to be made, and are ranked among the … [Read more...]

A member of the Board of Directors, usually elected at the annual shareholders meeting. They are usually responsible for making decisions on major business issues that have a long term effect on the corporation. Day to day matters are left to the officers and employees of the corporation such as the president. Important decisions made by the board of directors would include a … [Read more...]

Immediate; by the shortest course; without circuity; operating by an immediate connection or relation, Instead of operating through a medium; the opposite of indirect. In the usual or natural course or line; Immediately upwards or downwards; as distinguished from that which is out of the line, or on the side of it; the opposite of collateral. In the usual or regular course or … [Read more...]

An officer whose duties are prescribed by the Act of Congress of January 18, 18 37, 4 Sharsw. Cont. of Story L. U. S. 2524, as follows: The director shall have the control and management of the mint, the superintendence of the officers and persons employed therein, and the general regulation and supervision of the business of the several branches. And in the month of January of … [Read more...]

Direct damages are such as follow immediately upon the act done; while consequential damages are the necessary and connected effect of the wrongful act flowing from some of its consequences or results though to some extent depending on other circumstances. … [Read more...]