Total amount of earnings prior to any deductions or expenses taken. … [Read more...]

1. Soil; earth; a portion of the earth's surface appropriated to private use and under cultivation or susceptible of cultivation. Though this term is sometimes used in conveyances and in statutes as equivalent to "land," it is properly of a more limited signification, because it applies strictly only to the surface, while "land includes everything beneath the surface, and … [Read more...]

In old European law. A pledge. Spelman; Calvin. A custom. Spelman. Spelled also "wadla." … [Read more...]

This is the grand total of all the assets of an estate. … [Read more...]

The bottom floor. In general usage, the start of something, usually a venture where one can buy into an opportunity before it increases in value and becomes prohibitive to enter. … [Read more...]