Search results for: “copper”

  • Certificate

    Spanish Translation of title and security and certificate This is the legal translation of English to Spanish in relation to title or security or certificate and / or a definition of this topic: Título (in Spanish, without translation of the dictionary entry). Certificate in Canadian […]

  • Bankruptcy Laws

    History of Bankruptcy Laws In most parts of the British empire the law of bankruptcy has been modelled upon the English system. This is particularly the case in Australia and New Zealand. Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and New Zealand follow the lines of the existing English […]

  • Bankruptcy Laws

    History of Bankruptcy Laws In most parts of the British empire the law of bankruptcy has been modelled upon the English system. This is particularly the case in Australia and New Zealand. Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and New Zealand follow the lines of the existing English […]

  • Sarei V. Rio Tinto

    Sarei v Rio Tinto in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On October 25, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its second en banc decision in Sarei v. Rio Tinto, 2011 WL 5041927 […]

  • Sarei V. Rio Tinto

    Sarei v Rio Tinto in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On October 25, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued its second en banc decision in Sarei v. Rio Tinto, 2011 WL 5041927 […]

  • Commodity

    Summary of Commodity A nondifferentiated product produced with commonly available technology.(Main Author: William J. Miller) The Legal History of Commodity in Islamic Law This section provides an overview of Commodity in Islamic Law Commodity in International Trade Meaning of […]

  • Foreign Direct Investment

    Foreign Direct Investment in International Trade Meaning of FDI (Foreign Direct Investment), according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): The controlling ownership in a business enterprise in one country by an entity based in another country. According to balance of […]

  • Freemason

    Freemason, Title, Right From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Freemason, Title, Right (1): Prior to 1879, the mother, wife, and other relatives of Coppers, who were Roman Catholics, were buried in the lot covered by the deed given in the last paragraph. Coppers, who was a […]

  • International Commodity Organization

    An organization of the producing nations of a particular commodity. The principal motive for the organization is to foster price collaboration among the producers; the organization may establish buffer stocks to prevent wide swings in the market price of the commodity. The principal […]

  • Maya Law

    Maya Law Maya Legal System and Sources of Law From the Tarlton Law Library (University of Texas): The laws that governed the various Maya states were issued by the halach uinic and his council, or by the council alone if the state did not have an halach uinic. The batabs were responsible for carrying out…

  • Maya Law

    Maya Law Maya Legal System and Sources of Law From the Tarlton Law Library (University of Texas): The laws that governed the various Maya states were issued by the halach uinic and his council, or by the council alone if the state did not have an halach uinic. The batabs were responsible for carrying out…

  • Standard Bullion

    Gold or silver in bars of the same composition as gold or silver coins. Since gold and silver coins consist of 90 precent precious metal and 10 percent base metal (usually copper), standard bullion would consist of a like mixture of precious and base metals. In effect, the bullion is suitable for im…

  • Loss Of Specie

    In marine insurance usage, a transformation of merchandise as the result of external physical forces so as to deprive the goods of their original fundamental characteristics. For example, when a cargo of copper pipe is melted down as the result of a shipboard fire, the copper may still have value as…

  • Circulating Medium

    Any item or commodity routinely and generally accepted as a means of exchange. Currency (paper money and coins) is a circulating medium. At various times bars of copper, salt, and other items have been used….

  • History of Nationalization

    History of Nationalization Introduction The fact that “Nationalization” had become in 1916-21 one of the burning political questions of the day is unfortunate as regards arriving at a clear appraisal of its principles, for, from the outset, it is difficult for a writer to avoid a certain bias in approaching its discussion. Yet Nationalization of…