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FRAUDULENT TRANSFER

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Typically in bankruptcy cases, when a debtor transfers property to another party in order to prevent a creditor from seizing the property. Transfers within 90 days of a bankruptcy are usually scrutinized heavily. Such transfers may be declared void and creditors may recover property that was the result of a fraudulent transfer. … [Read more...]

FREE COURSE

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Mar. law. Having the wind from a favorable quarter. 2. To prevent collision of vessels, it is the duty of the vessel having a free course to give way to a vessel beating up. to windward and tacking. 3 Hagg. Adm. R. 215, 326. And at sea, it is the duty of such vessel, in meeting another, to go to leeward. … [Read more...]

FRATRES CONJURATI

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Sworn brothers or companions for the defense of their sovereign, or for other purposes. Hoved. 445. … [Read more...]

FREE ENTERPRISE

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Free and unrestrained ability to conduct business with minimal government interference. … [Read more...]

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