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FLIPPING

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A real estate term used for quickly buying and then immediately selling real property at a profit, usually in very active and hot real estate markets. … [Read more...]

FLIPPING REAL ESTATE

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When a real estate investor buys a property to hold for the short term with the intention of reselling it for profit and not for use. … [Read more...]

FLOAT

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(A) The time it takes from when a check is deposited until it clears and is deducted from the drafter's account. See check kiting. (B) In American land law, especially In the m western states. A certificate authorizing the entry, by the holder, of a certain quantity of land not yet specifically selected or located. … [Read more...]

FLAGELLAT

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Whipped; scourged. An entry on old Scotch records. 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt. 1, p. 7. … [Read more...]

FLEE TO THE WALL

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A metaphorical expression, used in connection with homicide done in self-defense, signifying the exhaustion of every possible means of escape, or of averting the assault, before killing the assailant … [Read more...]

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