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A Saxon form of greeting, meaning peace and safety.

Person trying to get what they want or to earn respect using flattery on influential people who can help with goal achievement.

A head-note; a note prefixed to the rei>ort of an adjudged case, con- taining an epitome or brief statement of the rulings of the court upon the point or points decided in the case. See Koonce v. Doolit- tle, 48 W. Va. 592, 37 S. E. 645. SYLLOGISM 1131 SYPHILIS

In logic. The full logical form of a single argument. It consists of three propositions, (two premises and the conclusion.) and these contain three terms, of which the two occurring in the conclusion are brought together in the premises by being referred to a common class.

Lat In ecclesiastical law. Wood of any kind which was kept on purpose to be cut, and which, being cut grew again from the stump or root Lynd. I’rov. 100; 4 Reeve, Eng. Law, 90.

Cheating and defrauding grossly with deliberate artifice. Wyatt v. Ayres, 2 Port. (Ala.) 157; Forrest v. Hanson, 9 Fed. Cas. 456; Thorpe v. State, 40 Tex. Cr. R. 346, 50 S. W. 383 ; Chase v. Whitlock, 3 Hill (N. Y.) 140; Stevensou v. Hayden, 2 Mass. 408. By the statute, “swindling” is defined to be the acquisition of persoual or movable property, money, or instrument of writing conveying or securing a valuable right, by means of some false or deceitful pretense or device, or fraudulent representation, with intent to appropriate the same to the use of the party so acquiring, or of destroying or impairing the rights of the party justly entitled to the same. Pen. Code Tex. art. 790; May v. Suite, 15 Tex. App. 436.

A loan of a short term allowing the home owner to purchase a new home before he has sold the first home. Also known as a bridging loan or gap loan.

The investor seeking to profit from cycles of prices lasting from one day to many weeks. Compare to day trader; scalper.

A short term buying and selling strategy. It takes advantage of the overreactions. Refer to position trading.

Short term back up credit given to a borrower as needed. They are used when commercial paper issuers when investors won’t roll over maturing paper. AKA backup line.