Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
confiscatory rates — With respect to utilities, are rates which do not afford a reasonable return on value of property at time it is used in public service; rates which do not afford net return sufficient to preserve utility s property and to attract capital… … Black's law dictionary
confiscatory — adjective acquisitive, appropriating, attaching, capturing, commandeering, conquering, deprivative, depriving, disseizing, distraining, divesting, exacting, expropriatory, extortionary, foreclosing, forfeiting, garnishing, impounding, rapacious,… … Law dictionary
confiscatory order or regulation — A rate order or regulation fixing the rate or rates of a common carrier or public utility so low that the carrier or utility is deprived of a fair return on its investment, or providing rates so low that they tend toward depriving the carrier or… … Ballentine's law dictionary
William Edgar Borah — Infobox Senator name = William E. Borah imagesize = 175px jr/sr=United States Senator state = Idaho term start = March 4, 1907 term end = January 19, 1940 preceded = Fred Dubois succeeded = John W. Thomas date of birth=birth date|1865|6|29|mf=y… … Wikipedia
rate — Proportional or relative value, measure, or degree. The proportion or standard by which quantity or .value is adjusted. Thus, the rate of interest is the proportion or ratio between the principal and interest; the buildings in a town are rated… … Black's law dictionary
France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… … Universalium
Financial history of the Dutch Republic — describes the history of the interrelated development of financial institutions in the Dutch Republic. The rapid economic development of the country after the Dutch Revolt in the years 1585 1620, described in Economic History of the Netherlands… … Wikipedia
Taxation in Switzerland — Taxes in Switzerland are levied by the Swiss Confederation, the cantons and the municipalities. Switzerland is a tax haven due to its general low rate of taxation, its political stability as well as the various tax exemptions or reductions… … Wikipedia
The Wall Street Journal — WSJ redirects here. For other uses, see WSJ (disambiguation). The Wall Street Journal April 28, 2008 front page Type Daily newspaper Format … Wikipedia
Consumption tax — Taxation An aspect of fiscal policy … Wikipedia
