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OSTENDIT VOBIS

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Latin: In old pleading. Shows to you. Formal words with which a demandant began his count. Fleta, lib. 5, c. 38, 5 2. … [Read more...]

ORIGINATION FEE

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The fee that is paid to a lender in order to begin the process of completing a loan application. May also be called points and is usually a percentage of the amount of the loan. … [Read more...]

OSTENSIBLE AGENCY

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An implied or presumptive agency, which exists where one, either intentionally or from want of ordinary care, induces another to believe that a third person is his agent though he never in fact employed him. Bibb v. Bancroft (Cal.) 22 Pac. 484; First Nat. Bank v. Elevator Co., 11 N. D. 280, 91 N. W. 437. … [Read more...]

ORNAMENT

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An embellishment. In questions arising as to which of two things is to be considered as principal or accessory, it is the rule, that an ornament shall be considered as an accessory. Vide Accessory; Principal. … [Read more...]

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