assign 64, 178
assign a security interest 178
assign a transferable record 170
assign the copyright 162
assignee 64, 93, 135, 163
assignment / assignation 92, 93, 178
assignment for the benefit of creditors 178
assignment of rights 64, 65
assignor 93, 135
associate 17, 157, 196, 262
assume 27
assurance of payment 277
at issue 86
at short notice 181
at sb's discretion 59
at stake 277
at the discretion of 23, 28
at the full hearing 110
at the request of an applicant 165
attach to (property) 177
attach to sb's salary 193
attachment 177, 276
attachment lien 190
attachment of the security interest 177
attain 191
attain the status of lien creditor 191
Attempt is unavailing 98
attest 50
attorney 18, 180
attorney's fee 68
attribution 170
auditor 21, 22, 180
auditor's report 21
authorize 194
authorize capital 20, 34
authorized 156
authorized capital 20
authorized share capital 34
authorized shares (US) 34
automatic stay 200
availability 155
available 79
average 262
award 78, 111
award a contract 210
award damages 78
awareness 108
awkward question 38
B
background 198
bad cheque 192
bailiff 11, 83, 190
balance 166
balance sheet 21, 200
bankruptcy 180, 190
bankruptcy procedure 193
bankruptcy trustees 180
Bar 15
bar a patent on sth 153
bar examination 15
bar from patentability 150
bargain 68
bargaining power 81, 276
barriers to entry 204
barristers' chamber 15
basic industry 211
battle of forms 133
be absorbed into 49
be assigned a landmark case 151
be at stake 277
be bound by (the terms) 272
be delivered by courier 171
be engaged in 210
be entitled for payment 164
be excluded from the statute's effect 170
be freely transferred by endorsement 164
be freely transferred physically or through signature 164
be immuned from normal defences to payment 164
be in credit 185
be in default 178
be in material form 149
be in the pipeline 108
be inconsistent with each other 184
be involved in a financial difficulty 178
be liable for 13
be liable on the note 172
be one's area of expertise 143
be reached by a lien 276
be represented on the board 38
be returned by courier 171
be secured by the assets of a company 165
be subject to pre-emption rights (about shares) 34
be termed a fixed charge 34
be typified by debentures 35
be under an obligation 142
be within the public domain 152
be wound up by the court 21
bear costs 38
bear responsibility 271