In pleading. A positive statement of facts, in opposition to argument or inference. 1 Chit. PI. 320. In old pleading. An offer to prove a plea, or pleading. The concluding part of a plea, replication, or other pleading, containing new affirmative matter, by which the party offers or declares himself Òready to verify.Ó
In feudal law. A duty required from some customary tenants, to carry goods in a wagon or upon loaded horses.
In the civil law. An averting or turning away. A term applied to a species of sale in gross or bulk. Letting a house altogether, instead of in chambers. 4 Kent, Comm. 517.
A turning away of peril. Used of a contract of insurance. 3 Kent, Comm. 263.
Goods, property, substance; a beast of burden. Spelman.
All costs for manufacturing divided by the units produced.
A term used in the Scotch law, signifying to abet or assist.
When an investor buys long position shares to reduce prices and make more profit. Compare this term to average down and dollar cost averaging.
In the civil law. A grandson.
Any nonfixed costs used to create a product. They can be labor or electricity just to name two.