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  • 1equity security holder — Generally, a shareholder or partner. (Bernstein s Dictionary of Bankruptcy Terminology) Under Title 11 U.S.C. Section 101: (17) The term equity security holder means holder of an equity security of the debtor. United Glossary of Bankruptcy Terms… …

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  • 2Security of tenure — is a term used in political science to describe a constitutional or legal guarantee that an office holder cannot be removed from office except in exceptional and specified circumstances. Without security of tenure, an office holder may find his… …

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  • 3Security guard — Private factory guard Occupation Activity sectors Security Description A security guard (or security officer) is a person who is paid to protect pro …

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  • 4security entitlement — USA The rights and property interest of an entitlement holder with respect to a financial asset held through a securities intermediary (UCC §8 102(a)(17)). A security entitlement entitles the entitlement holder to rights against the securities… …

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  • 5holder — hold·er n 1: a person that holds: as a: owner the holder of a patent often used in combination a stock holder b: one that holds or occupies the property of another by agree …

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  • 6holder for value — holder for value: a holder to whom an instrument is issued or transferred in exchange for something of value (as a promise of performance, a security interest or lien in the instrument not obtained by judicial process, payment of or use of the… …

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  • 7Security of person — or security of the person is a human right guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in 1948. It is also a right respected in the Constitution of Canada, the Constitution of South Africa and other laws …

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  • 8Security interest — A security interest is a property interest created by agreement or by operation of law over assets to secure the performance of an obligation, usually the payment of a debt.[1] It gives the beneficiary of the security interest certain… …

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  • 9Security (finance) — This article is about the negotiable instrument. For the legal right given to a creditor by a borrower, see Security interest. Securities Securities Bond …

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  • 10security — /si kyoor i tee/, n., pl. securities, adj. n. 1. freedom from danger, risk, etc.; safety. 2. freedom from care, anxiety, or doubt; well founded confidence. 3. something that secures or makes safe; protection; defense. 4. freedom from financial… …

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