(A) The achieve a result through the use of superior force or power. (B) The ratio of a company's total liabilities to the value of its equity or common stock. (C) Borrowing capital based upon the high expectation that the results will be far more profitable than the cost of the loan. (D) To borrow money with the use of a valuable collateral, including real estate. … [Read more...] about LEVERAGE
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LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
Letters of administration may be described to be an instrument in writing, granted by the judge or officer having jurisdiction and power of granting such letters, thereby giving the administrator, (naming him,), full power to administer the goods, chattels, rights and credits, which were of the said deceased, in the county or, district in which the said judge or officer has … [Read more...] about LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
LEVIABLE
That which may be levied. That which is a proper or permissible subject for a levy; as, a "leviable interest" in land. See Bray v. Ragsdale, 53 Mo. 172. … [Read more...] about LEVIABLE
LETTERS OF REQUEST
Eng. eccl. law, An instrument by which a judge of an inferior court waives or remits his own jurisdiction in favor of a court of appeal immediately superior to it. 2. Letters of request, in general, lie only where an appeal would lie, and lie only to the next immediate court of appeal, waiving merely the primary jurisdiction to the proper appellate court, except letters of … [Read more...] about LETTERS OF REQUEST
LEVIR
In Roman law. A husband's brother; a wife's brother in law. Calvin. … [Read more...] about LEVIR