In old English law. A valley. Co. Litt. 5b. … [Read more...]

Usually used as a tax term, this is the person in a household who provides the primary support, the household consisting of dependent children or relatives who are of blood relation, marriage or adoption. Federal income tax law provides for favorable tax treatment for a head of household if unmarried and living at the household for at least 6 months out of a year. Many states … [Read more...]

A trader who goes from place to place, or along the streets of a town, selling the goods which he carries with him. It is perhaps not essential to the idea, but is generally understood from the word, that a hawker is to be one who not only carries goods for sale, but seeks for purchasers, either by outcry, which some lexicographers conceive as intimated by the derivation of … [Read more...]

Persons going from place to place with goods and merchandise for sale. To prevent impositions they are generally required to take out licenses, under regulations established by the local laws of the states. … [Read more...]

To sell shamelessly. To sell by publicly announcing your attempt to sell an item. … [Read more...]