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When a person borrows money and delivers goods as security, he gives him a bill of sale, that is, permission to sell the goods if the money is not returned on a stated day. Source:…
took their rise in 1592, when a great pestilence broke out, which continued till 1595. The term is now used for those abstracts from parish registers which show the births, deaths, and…
An abstract of the probable cost of a building. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Bill of RightsBill of Pains and Penalties A B C D E F G H I J K L…
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