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A market condition where a few large sellers control the entire market. See also monopoly where one large seller controls the entire market. … [Read more...] about OLIGOPOLY

That which has multiple components, parts or items. … [Read more...] about OMNIBUS

A phrase used in reciting the date of an occurrence or conveyance, to escape the necessity of being bound by the statement of an exact date. … [Read more...] about ON OR ABOUT

When applied to wills or testaments, this term signifies that they are wholly written by the testator himself. An instrument (e.g., a will) wholly written by the person from whom it emanates. … [Read more...] about OLOGRAPH

To all to whom the present letters shall come, greeting. A form of address with which charters and deeds were anciently commenced. … [Read more...] about OMNIBUS AD QUOS PRAESENTES LITERAE PERVENERINT, SALUTEM