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ACCA

This individual works and is bound by the laws of the Institute Of Chartered Accountants.

ACCELERATED BOOKBUILD

When a company has debt obligations and cannot get funds for a project they purchase stocks as a short term investment boost.

ACCELERATED DEPRECIATION

Computing depreciation rates faster than the straight line option. The two methods are declining balance or taking the sum of the years digits as the depreciation rate. This results in a larger

FORINSECUS

Lat Foreign; exterior; outside; extraordinary. Scrvitium fo- rinsccum,the payment of aid, sc-utage, and other extraordinary military services. Fo- rinsccummanerium, the manor, or that part of it which lies outside the bars or

FORINSIC

In old English law. Exterior ; foreign; extraordinary. In feudal law, theterm “forinsic services” comprehended the payment of extraordinary aids or therendition of extraordinary military services, and in this sense was opposed

FORIS

Lat. Abroad ; out of doors; on the outside of a place; without; extrinsic.

FORISFACERE

Lat To forfeit; to lose an estate or other property on account of somecriminal or illegal act. To confiscate.To act beyond the law, i. e., to transgress or infringe the law; to

FORISFACTUM

Forfeited. Bona fo- risfacta, forfeited goods. 1 RI. Comm. 299. A crime. Du Cange; Spelman.

FORISFACTURA

A crime or offense through which property is forfeited.A fine or punishment In money.Forfeiture. The loss of property or life in consequence of crime.

FORISF ACTUS

A criminal. One who has forfeited his life by commission of a capital offense. Spelman.

FORISFAMILIARE

In old English and Scotch law. Literally, to put out of a family,(Joris familiam ponere.) To portion off a son, so that he could have no further claimupon his father. Glanv. lib.

FORISFAMILIATES

In old English law. Put out of a family; portioned off; emancipated; forisfamiliated. Bract, fol. 64.

FORISJUDICATIO

In old English law. Forejudger. A forejudgment. A judgment ofcourt whereby a man is put out of possession of a thing. Co. Litt. 1006.

FORISJUDICATUS

Forejudged; sent from court; banished. Deprived of a thing byjudgment of court. Bract, fol. 2506; Co. Litt 1006; Du Cange.

ORJURER

L. Fr. In old English law. to forswear; to abjure.

FORLER-LAND

Land in the diocese of Hereford, which had a peculiar customattached to it, but which has been long since disused, although the name is retained.But. Surv. 56.

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