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To sell by small parcels, and pot in the gross. To sell in small quantities. Retailer of merchandise. A merchant who buys, articles in gross or merchandise in large quantities, and sells the same by single articles or in small quantities. … [Read more...] about RETAIL

A specific contract in the retail industry where a buyer of goods agrees to make installment payments for the items along with finance charges or other provisions which make the end price of the purchase more than if the purchase had been made outright at the time of sale. The installments represent the interest or cost of the extension of credit to the buyer. … [Read more...] about RETAIL INSTALLMENT CONTRACT

Latin meaning let the principal answer. This is a doctrine in agency law which imputes liability to the employer for the negligent actions of an employee while the employee was performing work within the scope of his or her employment. … [Read more...] about RESPONDEAT SUPERIOR

v. In the trial of an action, a party is said to "rest," or "rest his case," when he Intimates that he has produced all the evidence he intends to offer at that stage, and submits the case, either finally, or subject to his right to afterwards offer rebutting evidence. … [Read more...] about REST (VERB)

Confinement, abridgment, or limitation. Prohibition of action; holding or pressing back from action. Hindrance, confinement, or restriction of liberty. "What, then, according to a common understanding, is the meaning of the term 'restraint?' Does it imply that the limitation, restriction, or confinement must be imposed by those who are in possession of the person or thing which … [Read more...] about RESTRAINT