Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
letter — let·ter n 1: a direct written statement addressed to an individual or organization; broadly: an official communication see also counterletter determination letter: a letter from an administrative agency (as the Internal Revenue Service) usu. in… … Law dictionary
Letter Rogatory — A Letter Rogatory or Letter of Request is a formal request from a court to a foreign court for some type of judicial assistance. The most common remedies sought by Letters Rogatory are service of process and taking of evidence.ervice of… … Wikipedia
letter of credit — letter of credit: a document issued to a beneficiary at the request of the issuer s customer in which the issuer (as a bank) promises to honor a demand for payment by the beneficiary in order to satisfy or secure the customer s debt compare… … Law dictionary
letter of comfort — ˌletter of comˈfort noun letters of comfort PLURALFORM [countable] FINANCE a letter from a company to a bank in support of a subsidiary of the company that is asking for a loan; = COMFORT LETTER: • The bank may be content to be given a letter of… … Financial and business terms
letter of application — letter containing a request (for a job, money, etc.) … English contemporary dictionary
request — 1 /rI kwest/ noun 1 (C) a polite or formal demand for something (+ for): They have made an urgent request for international aid. | request that: He ignored the neighbours requests that he should make less noise. | at sb s request (=because they… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Request — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Request >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 request request requisition Sgm: N 1 claim claim &c.(demand) 741 Sgm: N 1 petition petition suit prayer Sgm: N 1 begging letter begging letter roun … English dictionary for students
Letter of Aristeas — The so called Letter of Aristeas or Letter to Philocrates is a Hellenistic work of the second century BCE, one of the Pseudepigrapha.Harris, Stephen L., Understanding the Bible. (Palo Alto: Mayfield) 1985; André Pelletier, SJ, La Lettre d Aristée … Wikipedia
Request TV — Infobox Network network name = REQUEST TV network network type = Cable Pay per view television service available = United States, national, however service is now defunct (off the air) owner = Liberty Media and Twentieth Century FoxRequest TV is… … Wikipedia
Letter from Peking — Infobox Book | name = Letter from Peking title orig = Letter from Peking translator = image caption = Cover art on Letter from Peking author = Pearl S. Buck cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Historical… … Wikipedia
