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KILL

Cancelling an investment transaction prior to the system receiving its posting.

KNOWLEDGE ASSET

A copyright, patent, other documentation that generates income as intellectual capital. See, e.g., How to Get a Copyright: A Step-By-Step Guide

KESCEIT

Res mobiles. In the civil law. Movable things; things which may be transported from one place to another, without injury to their substance and form. Things corresponding with the chattels personal of

KABOOLEAT

In Hindu law. A written agreement, especially one signifying assent, as the counterpart of a revenue lease, or the document in which a payer of revenue, whether to the government, the zamindar,

KEELS

This word is applied, in England, to vessels employed in the carriage of coals. Jacob KEEP, n. A strong tower or hold in the middle of any castle or fortification, wherein the

KIDDLE

In old English law. A dam or open wear in a river, with a loop or narrow cut in it, accommodated for the layiug of engines to catch fish. 2 lust. 38;

KIST

In Hindu law. A stated payment; installment of rent.

KYTH

Sax. Kin or kindred. I > L. 691

KAIA

A key, kay, or quay. Spelman.

KENILWORTH EDICT

An edict or award between Henry III. and those who had been in arms against him; so called because made at Kenilworth Castle, in War- wickshire, anno 51 Hen. III., A. D.

KIDNAPPING

The forcible abduction or stealing away of a man, woman, or child from their own country, and sending them into another. It is an offense punishable at the common law by fine

KNAVE

A rascal; a false, tricky, or deceitful person. The word originally meant a boy, attendant, or servant, but long-continued usage has given it its present signifi- cation.

KENNING TO A TERCE

In Scotch law. The act of the sheriff in ascertaining the just proportion of the husband’s lauds which belong to the widow in right of her terce or dower. Bell.

KNAVESHIP

A portion of grain given to a mill-servant from tenants who were bound to grind their grain at such mill.

KAIN

In Scotch law. Poultry render- able by a vassal to his superior, reserved in the lease as the whole or a part of the rent Bell.

KENTLAGE

In maritime law. A permanent ballast, consisting usually of pigs of iron, cast in a particular form, or other weighty material, which, on account of its superior cleanliness, and the small space

KILKETH

An ancient servile payment made by tenants in husbandry. Cowell.KILL, v. To deprive of life; to destroy the life of an animal. The word “homicide” expresses the killing of a human being.

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