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SPECIAL LIEN

A lien that includes the right to sell a property in default after giving notice and without getting a foreclosure.

SPECIAL PERSONAL PROPERTY FORM

A form that has been nearly replaced by Building and Personal Property Coverage Form and covers commercial risks for all perils.

SPECIAL REPORT

An auditor certified document that measures how a company or business has complied with GAAP.

SPECIAL ENDORSEMENT

An endorsement where the endorsee is named and to whom a negotiable instrument is to be paid.

SPECIAL ACCEPTANCE

A risk acceptance that is not automatically accepted by a reinsurance contract.

REGRESSION EQUATION

An equation in math used to determine various predictions about a specific variable as it relates to other variables.

SPECIAL SITUATION

A situation that arises that will require a company to sell of some of its shares.

REGRESSION TOWARDS THE MEAN

The statistical propensity of a data series to gravitate towards the center of a distribution, provided it starts on the either end of the distribution and is free to fluctuate.

SPECIAL JOURNAL

A book containing original entries that is ditinct from a general journal that is used for recording only specific types of transactions that are repeated during the month.

SPECIAL TOOLING

Any specialised equipment that can be only be used for a specific purpose. Items like gauges, dies, molds, jigs, patterns.

SPECIAL RESOLUTION

A resolution that requires an important decision to alter terms of articles of association or memorandam of association. It requires no less than 21 days notice, no less than 3/4 of the

SPECIAL BUILDING FORM

A form that was used to cover a commercial building against any perils. Now obselete and replaced by the Building and Personal Property Coverage form.

SPECIAL MEETING

A meeting of share holders called in order to discuss a specific matter that has ben stated in the meeting notice.

SPECIAL ASSESSMENT

A tax that is levied on properties in an area to provide for infrastructure such as street lighting and footpaths.

SPECIAL CAUSE

A term used in quality control for a cause in variation which is not part of a process but will arise from an intermittent, instabel and unoredictable factor.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

The provisions in a contract that are specific to a project that is under consideration and don’t fall under any other general or supplementary conditions.

SHORT FORM AUDIT REPORT

A standard US 2 paragraph report where the opening paragraph outlines what the auditor has completed and the following paragraph shows the findings from the audit.

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