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An interest, an amount of money invested in a business or venture. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition 1. In Saxon law. Larceny. 2. Also late or barred. In the language of the courts of equity, a "stale" claim or demand is one which has not been pressed or asserted for so long a time that the owner or creditor is chargeable with laches, and that changes occurring … [Read more...] about STAKE

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contracts. A third person, chosen by two or more persons, to keep in deposit property, the right or possession of which is contested between them and to be delivered to the one who shall establish his right to it. Thus each of them is considered as depositing the whole thing. This distinguishes this contract from that which takes place when two or more tenants in common deposit … [Read more...] about STAKEHOLDER

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Latin: In Roman law. A largess, dole, or present; a pecuniary donation; an official perquisite;, something over and above the ordinary fee allowed by law. Inst 4, 6, 24. … [Read more...] about SPORTULA