 | Robert Sanderson - 1854 - Počet stránok 388
...hominibua publics privatis potiora sunt. Seneca de Clementia, i. 4. * ' engrossers,' those who buy up large quantities of corn, or other dead victual, with intent to sell them again. ' This must he of course injurious to the public, by putting it in the power of one or two rich men... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - Počet stránok 632
...ENGROSSING, in law, denotes the writing a deed over fair, and in proper, legible characters ; also, the getting into one's possession, or buying up large quantities of corn, or other provisions, with the intention of selling them again. ENHARMONIC ; the epithet given, by the ancient... | |
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... the buying of corn or other dead victual, in any market, and selling it again in the same market, or within four miles of the place. 
