Fraud, a confidence game that involves two or more actors who convince another of a scheme to get rich and will then disappear with the money. … [Read more...] about FLIM FLAM
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FLIPPING
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...] about FLIPPING
FLIPPING REAL ESTATE
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...] about FLIPPING REAL ESTATE
FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES
By the act entitled, An act to establish the flag of the United States, passed April 4, 1818, 3 Story's L. U. S., 1667, it is enacted2. Section 1. That from and after the fourth day of July next, the flag of the United States be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white: that the union be twenty stars, white in a blue field. 3. Section 2. That, on the admission of … [Read more...] about FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES
FLEE FROM JUSTICE
To leave one's home, residence, or known place of abode, or to conceal one's self therein, with intent, in either case, to avoid detection or punishment for some public offense. Streep v. U. S., 160 U. S. 128, 16 Sup. Ct 244, 40 L. Ed. 365; Lay v. State, 42 Ark. 110; U. S. v. O'Brian, 8 Dill. 881, Fed. Cas. No. 15,008; United States v. Smith, 4 Day (Conn.) 125, Fed. Cas. No. … [Read more...] about FLEE FROM JUSTICE
