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1. (usu. cap. & often ital.) A hypothetical person (A deeds Blackacre to B).
2. [Latin] From; by; in; on; of; at.
3. [Law Latin] With.
4. [Law French] Of; at; to; for; in; with.
5. Securities. A letter used in a newspaper stocktransaction table to indicate that cash was paid during the year in addition to regular dividends.
6. Securities. A letter used in a newspaper mutual-fund transaction table to indicate a yield that may include capital gains and losses as well as current interest.
7. (cap.) Securities. A letter used in a newspaper corporate earnings report to identify the American Stock Exchange as the primary market of a firm's common stock.
8. (cap.) Securities. An above-average grade given to a debt obligation by a rating agency .• The grades, as ranked by Standard & Poor's, range from AAA (highest) down to CCc. The equivalent standards from Moody's are Aaa, Aa, A, Baa, and so on down to C.
9. Marine insurance.A rating assigned in Lloyd's Register of Shipping to ships considered to be in first-class condition.
10. abbr. ADVERSUS.
11. (cap.) Hist. A scarlet letter worn as punishment by a person convicted of adultery.
12. Roman law. An abbreviation for absolvo written on wooden tablets by criminal-court judges to indicate a
vote for acqUittal.
13. Roman law. An abbreviation for antiquo ("for the old law") written on wooden tablets by the participants in a popular assembly to indicate a vote against a proposed bill.
14. (cap.) abbr. ATLANTIC REPORTER. A.2d. abbr. Atlantic Reporter Second Series. See
ATLANTIC REPORTER.