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yellowfin (iou)



yellowfin noun & adjective. E19.
[from YELLOW adjective + FIN noun1.]
A. noun. Any of various fishes with fins that are yellow or have yellow colouring on them. E19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Having fins that are yellow or have yellow colouring on them. E20.
yellowfin croaker a shallow-water grey-green game-fish, Umbrina roncador, of the southern Californian coast. yellowfin sole a flatfish of the N. Pacific, Limanda aspera, caught for Food esp. in the Bering Sea. yellowfin tuna a tuna, Thunnus albacares, which is found in all warm and tropical seas and is fished extensively for Food.

WADSET, Scotch law (law)


WADSET, Scotch law. A right, by which lands, or Other heritable subjects, are impignorated by the proprietor to his creditor in Security of his Debt; are impignorated by the proprietor to his creditor in Security of his Debt; and, like Other heritable rights, is perfected by seisin. and, like Other heritable rights, is perfected by seisin. 2. Wadsets, by the present practice, are commonly made out in the form 2. Wadsets, by the present practice, are commonly made out in the form of mutual contracts, in which one party sells the land, and the Other of mutual contracts, in which one party sells the land, and the Other grants, the right of reversion. Ersk. Pr. L. Scot., B. 2, t. 8, s. 1, 2. grants, the right of reversion. Ersk. Pr. L. Scot., B. 2, t. 8, s. 1, 2. 3. Wadsets are proper or improper. Proper, where the use of the land 3. Wadsets are proper or improper. Proper, where the use of the land shall go for the use of the money. Improper, where the reverser agrees to shall go for the use of the money. Improper, where the reverser agrees to make up the deficiency; and where it amounts to more, the surplus profit of make up the deficiency; and where it amounts to more, the surplus profit of the land is applied to the extinction of the principal. Id. B. 2, t. 8, s. the land is applied to the extinction of the principal. Id. B. 2, t. 8, s. 12, 13. 12, 13.