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DEEP LINK

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A hyperlink from a website that links into the website of another and bypasses the home page and other pages that one would need to click and traverse if they had seen the information on the home page of that destination website. For example, this may be a specific newspaper article whose summary might appear on the home page of the news website. … [Read more...] about DEEP LINK

DEFAULTER

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com. law. One who is deficient in his accounts, or falls in making his accounts correct. … [Read more...] about DEFAULTER

DEDUCTIBLE

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(A) Insurance: Typically used in insurance policies, it is a threshold amount which the insured must pay after which the insurance will cover the remaining portion. For example, a $500 deductible for an auto collision policy makes the first $500 of repairs the responsibility of the insured, the remaining up to the policy limit is covered by the insurance company. (B) Tax: An … [Read more...] about DEDUCTIBLE

DEEP POCKETS

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A party or person that has substantial financial resources. … [Read more...] about DEEP POCKETS

DEFEASANCE

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contracts, conveyancing. An instrument which defeats the force or operation of some other deed or estate. That, which in the same deed is called a condition, in another deed is a defeasance. 2. Every defeasance must contain proper words, as that the thing shall be void. 2 Salk. 575 Willes, 108; and vide Carth. 64. A defeasance must be made in eodem modo, and by, matter as high … [Read more...] about DEFEASANCE

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