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RIPA

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The bank of a river, or the place beyond which the waters do not in their natural course overflow. 2. An extraordinary overflow does not change the banks of the river. … [Read more...]

RIPARIA

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A medieval Latin word, which Lord Coke takes to mean water running between two banks; in,other places it is rendered "bank." … [Read more...]

RIGGING THE MARKET

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A term of the stock-exchange, denoting the practice of inflating the price of given stocks, or enhancing their quoted value, by a system of pretended purchases, designed to give the air of an unusual demand for such stocks. See L. R. 13 Eq. 447. … [Read more...]

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