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A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and ... - Page 370
by George William Cox - 1867
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A Technological Dictionary: Explaining the Terms of the Arts, Sciences ...

W. M. Buchanan - Science - 1846 - 768 pages
...capitals. 4. In trade, capital is that sum of money which a merchant, banker, or trader, adventures in any undertaking, or which he contributes to the common stock of a partnership. It signifies likewise the fund of a trading company or corporation ; but in this sense...
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The Law Lexicon, Or Dictionary of Jurisprudence: Explaining All the ...

John Jane Smith Wharton - Law - 1848 - 726 pages
...individuals, it is understood to mean the sum of money which a merchant, banker, or trader, adventures in any undertaking, or which he contributes to the common stock of a partnership. Also the fund of a trading company or corporation, in which sense the word stock is...
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A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the ..., Volume 1

William Thomas Brande, George William Cox - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1865 - 978 pages
...gradually increased in complication as mediiEval architecture approached its apogee. CAPITAI,. In Political Economy, that portion of the produce of labour saved...undertaking, or which he contributes to the common stock of a partnership. Capitation (Lat. capitatio). A tax imposed on the population by the head ; eg on every...
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The Melbourne Review, Volume 1

1876 - 514 pages
...those concerned. That is — the greatest happiness of the greatest number. Capital is defined as " that portion of the produce of labour saved from immediate...productive labourers, or to facilitate production." The first capital of the savage is his strength ; next his cunning. His conditions are so simple that...
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Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American Or English ..., Volume 1

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott - Law - 1879 - 1054 pages
...individuals, it it understood to mean the ваш of money which a merchant, banker, ur trader adventures in any undertaking, or which he contributes to the common stock of a partnership ; also, the fund of a trading company or corporation. (McCuUoch.) H fuirlon. Capital...
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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the ..., Volume 1

John Bouvier - Law - 1883 - 870 pages
...CAPITAL 283 CAPTAIN CAPITAL. In Commerce. The sum of money which a merchant, banker, or trader adventures in any undertaking, or which he contributes to the common stock of a partnership, and also the fund of a trading company. McCulloch ; Abb. Diet. Capital signifies the...
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A Dictionary of American and English Law: With Definitions of the Technical ...

Stewart Rapalje, Robert Linn Lawrence - Law - 1883 - 770 pages
...individuals, it is understood to mean the sum of money which a merchant, banker or trader adventures in any undertaking, or which he contributes to the common stock of a partnership. Also, the fund of a trading company or corporation, in which sense the word " stock...
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Wharton's Law-lexicon: Forming an Epitome of the Law of England; and ...

John Jane Smith Wharton - Law - 1883 - 926 pages
...individuals, it is understood to mftin the sum of money which a merchant, lanker, ov trader adventures in any undertaking, or which he contributes to the common stock of a partnership. Also the fund of a trading company or corporation, in which sense the word stock is...
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The Chartered Accountants' Examination Guide, and Students' Help to Self ...

George Pepler Norton - Accounting - 1884 - 172 pages
...the person of liberty. Capital. The money or property which a merchant, banker, or trader adventures in any undertaking, or which he contributes to the common stock of a partnership. Also the fund of i trading company or corporation. Certiorari. To be certified of ;...
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The Northeastern Reporter, Volume 60

Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 1172 pages
...Diet p. 283, capital is defined as "the sum of money which a merchant, banker, or trader adventures in any undertaking, or which he contributes to the common stock of a partnership." In McLean v. Jephson, 123 NY 146, 25 NE 409, 9 LRA 493, which was a construction of...
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