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STREAMING FOR TIN

STREAMING FOR TIN

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The process of working tin in Cornwall and Devon. The right to stream must not be exercised so as to interfere with the rights of other private Individuals; e.g. either by withdrawing or by polluting or choking up the water-courses or waters of others; and the statutes 23 Hen. VIII. c. 8, and 27 Hen. VIII. c. 23, impose a penalty for the offense. Brown. … [Read more...] about STREAMING FOR TIN

STREAM

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A current of water; a body of flowing water. The word, in its ordinary tfense, includes rivers. But Callis defines a stream "a current of waters running over the level at random, and not kept in with banks or walls." Private stream. A non-navigable creek or water-course, the bed or channel of which is exclusively owned by a private individual. … [Read more...] about STREAM

STRAW MAN

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A middleman to whom property is transferred or business is funneled, who passes it on to another party for the purpose of concealing who the true and ultimate recipient party is. For example, a criminal may use a straw man to conduct business, to obtain products that require a license that a felon is prohibited from possessing. … [Read more...] about STRAW MAN