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An electronic copy or one which requires a machine to read; as opposed to a hard copy on paper. … [Read more...] about SOFT COPY

A scheme of government aiming at absolute equality in the distribution, of the physical means of life and enjoyment It is on the continent employed in a larger sense; not necessarily implying communism, or the entire abolition of private property, but applied to any system which requires that the land and the instruments of production should be the property, not of individuals, … [Read more...] about SOCIALISM

Small Office/Home Office … [Read more...] about SOHO

civ. law. This is the name of a contract by which one man delivers to another, either for a small recompense, or for a part of the profits, certain animals, on condition that if any of them perish they shall be replaced by the bailer, or he shall pay their value. 2. This is a contract of hiring, with this condition, that the bailee takes upon him the risk of the loss of the … [Read more...] about SOCIDA

In Spanish law. Partnership. Schm. Civil Law, 153, 154. Sociedad anonima. In Spanish and Mexican law. A business corporation. "By the corporate name, the shareholders' names are unknown to the world; and, so far as their connection with the corporation is concerned, their own names may be said to be anonymous, that is, nameless. Hence the derivation of the term 'anonymous' as … [Read more...] about SOCIEDAD