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  • 121marshalling assets — Also known as marshalling assets and securities, marshalling of liens or marshalling of remedies, it is an equitable doctrine requiring a senior creditor, having two funds to satisfy his debt, to resort first to the one fund which is not subject… …

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  • 122marshaling assets — The principle that where two or more creditors seek satisfaction out of the assets of their debtor, the creditor who has a lien on only a part of the assets shall be protected so far as possible without doing violence to the rights of the other… …

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  • 123Antimetathesis — An ti*me*tath e*sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.] (Rhet.) An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 124Antistrophe — An*tis tro*phe, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to turn to the opposite side; ? against + ? to turn. See {Strophe}.] 1. In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left.… …

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  • 125Epanodos — E*pan o*dos, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a rising, return; epi + ? a way up, rising; ? up + ? way.] (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which the parts of a sentence or clause are repeated in inverse order, as in the following: [1913 Webster] O more exceeding… …

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  • 126Inversely — In*verse ly, adv. In an inverse order or manner; by inversion; opposed to {directly}. [1913 Webster] {Inversely proportional}. See {Directly proportional}, under {Directly}, and {Inversion}, 4. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 127Inversely proportional — Inversely In*verse ly, adv. In an inverse order or manner; by inversion; opposed to {directly}. [1913 Webster] {Inversely proportional}. See {Directly proportional}, under {Directly}, and {Inversion}, 4. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 128National Football League — NFL redirects here. For other uses, see NFL (disambiguation). For other leagues of the same name, see National Football League (disambiguation). National Football League Current season or competition: 2011 NFL season …

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