A straw purchase is any purchase wherein an agent acquires a good or service for someone who is unable to purchase the good or service himself. Straw purchases are legal except in cases where the ultimate receiver of goods or services uses those goods or services in the commission a crime. Examples of legal uses Examples of legal straw purchases would be purchasing an automobile for another who cannot purchase it themselves due to poor credit or purchasing groceries for a senior citizen who is unable to go to a supermarket themselves. Obtaining loans through a straw buyer is legal except when the agent and ultimate user of the funds commit fraud against the bank or when the loan terms expressly prohibit use of an agent to obtain funds. Firearms Unbalanced date August 2011 In the context of Gun law in the United States United States federal gun laws , a straw purchase is defined as any purchase from a dealer holding a Federal Firearms License where the buyer conducting the transaction is acting as a proxy for another person. The law does not distinguish between someone who is purchasing on behalf of a person who legally cannot purchase or possess a firearm, and one who is not. Beginning in 1975, ATF officials apparently reached a judgment that a dealer who sells to a legitimate purchaser ... dealers of this distinction, ATF agents set out to produce mass arrests upon these straw purchase sale ... must answer honestly yes or no, by checking the appropriate box in ink. However, purchase ... Regulations Reference Guide 2005 General Information discusses straw purchase on p. 165 application ... the illegal purchase of firearms publisher www.dontlie.org accessdate 2010 05 16 ref Alcohol Another example of an illegal straw purchase involves alcohol these purchases are particularly common as persons under the drinking age frequently request that a person above the legal age purchase alcohol ... http www.atf.gov firearms ffrrg ltright.htm ATF Online Learning Theater DEFAULTSORT Straw Purchase ... more details
Refimprove date January 2009 Hire purchase abbreviated HP , colloquially sometimes never never ref http www.thefreedictionary.com never never ref is the legal term for a contract, in which persons usually agree to pay for goods in parts or a percentage at a time. It was developed in the United Kingdom and can now be found in Australia , China , India , Jamaica , Japan , Malaysia , New Zealand , and South ..., a hire purchase contract allows the buyer to hire the goods for a monthly renting rent . When a sum ... to the owner. In Canada and the United States , a hire purchase is termed an installment plan ... be paid to hire and then purchase the goods the deposit the monthly installments most states ... house jointly and severally liable to answer for breaches of the purchase contract. Implied warranties ... loss suffered. Hire purchase in Australia Hire purchases are commonly used by businesses including company companies , partnership s and sole trader s in Australia to fund the purchase of cars , commercial ... in the purchase price of the goods on their next Business Activity Statement . Hire purchase is also commonly known as commercial hire purchase and corporate hire purchase both abbreviated to CHP in Australia. Hire purchase in Malaysia Hire purchases agreement are commonly known as H.P agreement in Malaysia and it is used by financial institutions in Malaysia to fund the purchase of consumer goods ... hire purchase transactions is the Hire Purchase Act 1967, which came into force on 11 April 1968 after hire purchase became popular in the acquisition of expensive consumer goods such as cars , business equipment and industrial machinery. Purchasing cars is the most common type of hire purchase ... Personal Contract Purchase Layaway External links http www.consumeraffairs.govt.nz businessinfo hirepurchase Hire purchase contracts explained by the New Zealand Ministry of Consumer Affairs http www.financingyourcar.org.uk car options hirepurchase.riv UK Hire Purchase Guide by the Finance & Leasing ... more details
Infobox MP honorific prefix name Ken Purchase honorific suffix image constituency MP Wolverhampton North East UK Parliament constituency Wolverhampton North East parliament majority predecessor Maureen Hicks successor Emma Reynolds term start 9 April 1992 term end 6 May 2010 birth date Birth date and age 1939 01 8 df yes birth place Wolverhampton , England death date death place nationality United Kingdom British spouse party Labour Co operative relations children residence alma mater University of Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Polytechnic occupation profession religion signature website footnotes Kenneth Ken Purchase born 8 January 1939 is a United Kingdom British Labour Party UK Labour Co operative Party Co operative politician , who was the Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton North East UK Parliament constituency Wolverhampton North East from United Kingdom general election, 1992 1992 until United Kingdom general election, 2010 2010 . Early life He attended Springfield Secondary Modern School became Woden Primary School on Springfield Road in Wolverhampton. At University of Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Polytechnic , he gained a Bachelor of Arts BA in Social Science. Ken worked as a co operative development officer. He was an apprentice toolmaker in the foundry industry from 1956 60. From 1960 8, he worked in experimental component development in the aerospace industry. From 1968 76, he was a toolroom machinist in the car industry. He worked in the property division of Telford ... as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Robin Cook for six years. On 27 October 2007 Purchase announced ... Ken Purchase MP http www.theyworkforyou.com mp ken purchase wolverhampton north east TheyWorkForYou.com Ken Purchase MP Hansard contribs mr ken purchase Ken Purchase http news.bbc.co.uk 1 shared mpdb ... see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Purchase, Ken ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION British politician ... DEFAULTSORT Purchase, Ken Category 1939 births Category Living people Category Labour Co operative ... more details
mergewith Line of Property date February 2011 The Purchase Line is the name commonly given to the line dividing Indian from British Colonial lands established in the Treaty of Fort Stanwix of 1768 in western Pennsylvania . In New York State documents it is referred to as the Line of Property see that article for the treaty text and other sections. The relevant section of the treaty reads from thence Kittanning, PA Kittanning a direct Line to the nearest Fork of the west branch of Susquehanna River Susquehanna This line was not clearly defined until in a meeting between Indian and Pennsylvania representatives in 1773 at the well known Canoe Place or upper limit of canoe navigation on the Susquehanna at its confluence with Cush Cushion Creek at present day Cherry Tree, Pennsylvania . This was agreed to as the nearest point of the treaty. This became the tri point between present day Clearfield County, PA Clearfield , Cambria County, PA Cambria , and Indiana County, PA Indiana counties, although the borough of Cherry Tree, Pennsylvania was later included entirely in Indiana County, PA Indiana for convenience. The line is still a boundary through most of its length in Armstrong County, PA Armstrong County running ESE from Kittanning it separates the townships of Rayburn and Valley north from Manor and Kittanning south . There is gap through the town of Cowanshannock, but at the knick point of the boundary between Armstrong County, PA Armstrong County and Indiana County, PA Indiana ... of Purchase Line is on PA 286 in Green township just south of the actual line. Maps Image GJohnsonMap ... in Pennsylvania Purchase Line between the Allegheny and Susquehanna rivers on the west side ... involved in the purchase of 1768. References The Documentary History of the State of New York , by E.B. ... links Purchase Line, PA is at coordinates coord 40.73639 78.92917 type landmark name Purchase Line ..., PA is at coordinates coord 40.81639 79.52222 type landmark name Kittanning DEFAULTSORT Purchase ... more details
refimprove date February 2008 An impulse purchase or impulse buy is an unplanned decision to buy a product or service, made just before a purchase. ref cite web url http www.businessdictionary.com definition impulse buying.html title What is impulse buying? publisher Businessdictionary.com date accessdate 2011 12 22 ref One who tends to make such purchases is referred to as an impulse purchaser or impulse buyer . Research findings suggest that emotions and feeling s play a decisive role in purchasing, triggered by seeing the product or upon exposure to a well crafted promotional message. ref Ibid. ref Marketers and retailers tend to exploit these impulses which are tied to the basic want for instant gratification. For example, a shopper in a supermarket might not specifically be shopping for confectionary. However, candy , chewing gum gum , mints candy mints and chocolate are prominently displayed at the checkout aisles to trigger impulse buyers to buy what they might not have otherwise considered. ref cite web url http www.kindredcommunity.com articles tempting shopping p 1064 title Tempting Shopping, Children and Impulse Buying David Vernon, March 2007 publisher Kindredcommunity.com date accessdate 2011 12 22 ref Alternatively, impulse buying can occur when a potential consumer spots something related to a product that stirs a particular passion in them, such as seeing a certain country s flag on the cover of a certain DVD . Sale items are displayed in much the same fashion. Impulse buying can also extend to so called big ticket items such as automobiles and home appliances. Automobiles in particular are as much an emotional purchase as a rational one. This in turn leads auto dealers all over the world to market their products in a rapid fire, almost carnival like manner ... buying involves techniques such as setting budgets before shopping and taking time out before the purchase ... may play a greater role in product choice when the consumer is distracted or making an impulse purchase ... more details
Infobox nrhp name McPherson s Purchase nrhp type image caption nearest city Pomfret, Maryland lat degrees 38 lat minutes 35 lat seconds 56 lat direction N long degrees 77 long minutes 2 long seconds 51 long direction W locmapin Maryland area built 1920 architect Unknown architecture No Style Listed added January 03, 1985 governing body Private refnum 85000019 ref name nris NRISref 2008a ref McPherson s Purchase is a historic farm complex dating to the 19th century and located near Pomfret, Maryland Pomfret , Charles County, Maryland Charles County , Maryland , United States . It is a working farm encompassing convert 120 acre km2 , a majority of which is cleared and under cultivation. Located there is a complex of 18 domestic and agricultural support structures, 11 of which date prior to 1870. They include two tobacco barn s, two wagon or equipment sheds, a corncrib, and a granary, all dating from about 1840 1860, and a former tobacco house built in the late 18th century. Other buildings include a kitchen service structure, a small garden or storage shed, and a meathouse. A duplex Slavery in the United States slave quarters with a central chimney is also on the property as well as seven early 20th century buildings, including a double pile frame house of simple architectural styling built about 1910. It is significant as a unique representative of a regionally typical 19th century farmstead. ref cite web url http www.mht.maryland.gov nr NRDetail.aspx?HDID 847&COUNTY Charles&FROM NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY Charles title Maryland Historical Trust date 2008 06 08 work McPherson s Purchase, Charles County publisher Maryland Historical Trust ref McPherson s Purchase was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. ref name nris References reflist External links http www.mht.maryland.gov nr NRDetail.aspx?HDID 847&COUNTY Charles&FROM NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY Charles McPherson s Purchase , including photo from 1978, at Maryland Historical Trust National Register ... more details
Infobox road state KY type Parkway route Purchase alternate name length mi 52.333 length round 3 length ref ref name ktc cite web url http www.planning.kytc.ky.gov data reports.asp title Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Division of Planning Highway Information System Official Milepoint Route Log Extract accessdate 2007 04 09 ref established direction a South terminus a Image US 51.svg 20px U.S. Route ... Graves , Marshall County, Kentucky Marshall The Julian M. Carroll Purchase Parkway is a controlled ..., Kentucky . History and designation File Julian M Carroll Purchase Parkway Shield.png thumb right 80px The Purchase Parkway formerly used a light blue shield. Federal legislation designated the entire length of the Purchase Parkway as Interstate 69 in 2002. On June 6, 2008, President George ... for the Purchase Parkway and further authorizing Kentucky to sign the route as such with Federal ... plans to wait until Tennessee completes its portion of I 69 before seeking approval to sign the Purchase Parkway as I 69. Originally named Purchase Parkway for the Jackson Purchase area it diagonally ... County, Kentucky McCracken County , in 2001. The Purchase Parkway carries the unsigned designation ... 100px The Julian M. Carroll Purchase Parkway from the junction with Interstate 24 west has been ... that the Purchase Parkway would become part of the alignment of Interstate 69 in Kentucky, along ... of I 69, and authorized Kentucky to immediately begin signing the Purchase Parkway and parts of the western ... 69 designation to the Purchase Parkway is to tap into federal interstate highway money to fund ... on individual segments of the Purchase Parkway when the pavement reaches the end of its lifespan ... Fulton rowspan 4 Fulton, Kentucky Fulton 0.000 colspan 3 South end of Purchase Parkway at Tennessee ... purchase parkway KentuckyRoads.com Julian M. Carroll Purchase Parkway http www.millenniumhwy.net exitguide PurchasePkwy.html Exit list for Purchase Parkway Category State highways in Kentucky ... more details
Richard Purchase 1757 1837 was a famous English cricket cricketer who played for the Hambledon Club . He was only 16 when he made his debut in 1773. Born in Liss , Hampshire , he played for his county in 1773 and 1774 but then did not appear again until 1781. He was possibly in the armed forces at the time or otherwise working away from Hampshire. He was an all rounder noted as a slow bowler who maintained good line and length and a fair hitter . He played regularly from 1781 till the end of his career in 1803, making 113 known first class appearances. External links http www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk stampsite cricket main.html From Lads to Lord s The History of Cricket 1300 1787 References Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket by G B Buckley FL18 The Dawn of Cricket by H T Waghorn WDC Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 by Arthur Haygarth SBnnn The Glory Days of Cricket by Ashley Mote GDC John Nyren s The Cricketers of my Time by Ashley Mote English cricketers of 1787 to 1800 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Purchase, Richard ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Cricketer DATE OF BIRTH 1757 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1837 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Purchase, Richard Category English cricketers Category Hampshire cricketers Category English cricketers of 1701 to 1786 Category English cricketers of 1787 to 1825 Category 1757 births Category 1837 deaths Category People from Liss Category Hambledon cricketers Category Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Category Sussex cricketers Category Kent cricketers ... more details
Image Walking purchase en.png thumb right The area acquired shaded The Walking Purchase or Walking Treaty was a purported 1737 agreement between the Penn family, the proprietors of Pennsylvania , and the Lenape also known as the Delaware . By it the Penn family and proprietors claimed an area of 1,200,000 acres 4,860 km and forced the Lenape to vacate it. The Lenape appeal to the Iroquois for aid on the issue was refused. In Delaware Nation v. Pennsylvania 2004 , the current nation claimed convert 314 acre km2 included in the original purchase, but the United States district court US District ... eb article 9075949 Walking Purchase Walking Purchase in Encyclop dia Britannica ref ... to support the colonial side. As a result, the Lenape had to vacate the Walking Purchase lands ... Purchase, the Lenape grew to distrust the Pennsylvania government, and its once good reputation ... convert 314 acre km2 included in the 1737 Walking Purchase and patented in 1741, which was known ... The District Court recounted its understanding of the facts of the Walking Purchase Penn s sons were ..., is reportedly responsible for executing The Walking Purchase of 1737, pursuant to which ... and 500 acres of land. In the end, the runners of the Walking Purchase of 1737 procured 1,200 ... agreement to the terms of the Walking Purchase s deed. Over a hundred years later, experts examining this deed concluded that the deed was a forgery. As a result of the Walking Purchase, members of the Lenni ..., Thomas Penn could not extinguish aboriginal title via the Walking Purchase and, consequently ... , 549 U.S. 1071 2006 . ref See also Phelps and Gorham Purchase References reflist 2 External links http culture.delawaretribe.org walkingpurchase.htm The Walking Purchase at the Lenape Tribe ... Archives DEFAULTSORT Walking Purchase Category Lenape Category Native American history of Pennsylvania ... Purchase ... more details
Multiple issues unreferenced May 2008 cleanup May 2008 orphan February 2009 A Money Purchase scheme is a type of pension arrangement in the United Kingdom. It can either be sponsored by an employer such as a Small Self Administered Scheme SSAS or an individual arrangement such as a Self invested personal pension SIPP or Personal pension , sometimes with an insurance company . Basically, with this type of arrangement a sum of money is accrued which is then used to secure an income at retirement. It is sometimes known as a Defined Contribution scheme to distinguish it from a Defined Benefit scheme where the benefits payable are linked to salary. Category Pensions in the United Kingdom econ policy stub ... more details
The Purchase for Progress P4P is a five year initiative of the United Nations World Food Programme WFP , started in 2008 in partnership with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and other donors. ref Sheeran, J., How to End Hunger , the Washington Quarterly, April 2010. ref The program, largely developed by the Executive Director of the WFP, Josette Sheeran , arose as the WFP desired to purchase food in a way that was part of the solution to hunger. ref Can African Farms Learn to Thrive? , Bloomberg Businessweek, August 2011 ref It enables low income farmers to supply food to the WFP s operations. Eventually the transaction can be regulated by a forward contract , with the farmer agreeing in selling in the future up to three years a certain amount of output at a fixed price. Essentially, the P4P program aims to create a wide and sophisticate market for commodities in developing countries. According to the WFP, the initiative, that will be piloted in 21 countries, will help hundreds of thousands of poor farmers to gain access to reliable markets to sell their surplus crops at competitive prices . ref World Food Programme Web Site http www.wfp.org purchase progress The WFP Homepage ref Beyond the farmers gaining access to the market, the program aims to help them reduce their risk, leverage credit to expand production and to diversify crops. ref http www.wfp.org content p4p gender strategy P4P and Gender Literature Review and Fieldwork Report ref The stated goal of the program is to facilitate increased agricultural production and sustained market engagement and thus increase incomes and livelihoods for participating smallholder low income farmers, the majority of whom are women . ref http www.wfp.org content p4p gender strategy P4P and Gender Literature Review and Fieldwork Report ref Quantifying this goal, the WFP seeks to work with at least ... harpersmag Let 20Them 20Eat 20Cash .pdf ref External links http www.wfp.org purchase progress ... more details
&spn 0.089635,0.156898 which is also the border between Missouri and Kansas . The purchase extended ... Van Buren proclaimed the Platte Purchase part of the state of Missouri, making what was the largest ... Missouri if water area is included. With the Platte Purchase, Missouri surpassed antebellum Virginia ... of Missouri Category Aboriginal title in the United States de Platte Purchase ja ... more details
refimprove date November 2007 The Bingham Purchase refers to several tracts of land in the U.S. state of Maine ref name Franklin County Website http www.rootsweb.com mefrankl Franklin County, Maine Genealogy ref , formerly owned by William Bingham . These lands were granted to early colonizers in the 1630s, and became part of the larger Waldo Patent , named after Samuel Waldo , who acquired the land grants in 1720. In 1786, when Massachusetts which then included Maine , disposed of large tracts of unsettled lands in Maine by lottery , William Bingham , a wealthy Philadelphia banker, drew several townships and purchased others, with a total area of one million acres 4,000 km . This first tract was in the south east of Maine. General Henry Knox had signed a contract to buy another convert 1000000 acre km2 sing on tract, in the west, but his duties as United States Secretary of War Secretary of War prevented his developing it, and Bingham took that over as well. The territory covered by these grants includes most of the then undeveloped land between Penobscot Bay and Passamaquoddy Bay which forms part of the boundary between Maine and the Canadian province of New Brunswick , and land along the Kennebec River . Today, these lands are under the jurisdiction of the State of Maine. The term the Bingham Purchase is still occasionally used to refer to the geographical area where the lands were once situated. ref name Franklin County Website ref name Franklin County, Maine http newenglandtowns.org maine franklin county Franklin County, Maine , New England Towns . Retrieved 11 22 2007 ref References reflist Dictionary of American History by James Truslow Adams , New York Charles Scribner s Sons, 1940. Maine Historical Society. http books.google.com books?id MOAyAQAAIAAJ&dq 22bingham 20purchase 22&pg PA94 v onepage&q bingham&f false Documentary History of the State of Maine , Volume 8 Category Pre state history of Maine US hist stub Maine stub ... more details
Use mdy dates date April 2012 The Bethpage Purchase was a 1687 land transaction in which Thomas Powell ... www.nassaulibrary.org bethpage cphs cphs b.html title Bethpage Purchase work Encyclopedia of the Unincorporated ... Purchase , Powell also purchased from the Indians ref cite book url http books.google.ca books?ei R2UASLyZGIz tAOF14w6&id P048AAAAIAAJ&dq 22bethpage purchase 22&q jamaica 1699&pgis 1 format snippet ... the Indians known as the Bethpage Purchase. In 1699 he made his second purchase from the Indians ... of the original Bethpage Purchase including most of present day Bethpage and all the land in the northern ... Purchase and Sundry Long Island Events, Persons, and Places last Gibbs first Iris and Alonzo ... of the Bethpage Purchase in 1700, and died there in 1742 at the age of ninety. ref cite book url http books.google.ca books?id RJ8xAAAAMAAJ&q 22bethpage purchase 22&dq 22bethpage purchase 22&lr &ei ... the original Bethpage Purchase have, at one time or another, been named Bethpage. The first community ... ref name nextech cite web title Purchase from Dorset to New York Person Page 16 url http www.nextech.de genealogy purchase p7.htm i442 work nextech.de publisher Unknown accessdate 2012 04 19 language ... Indian tribes for the purchase. Powell died OldStyleDateDY February 28, 1722 February 28, 1721 ..., was the first house of worship constructed in the Bethpage Purchase area. The http westburyquakers.org ... developer Ambrose George purchased a large tract of land in the eastern part of the Bethpage Purchase ... Purchase of 1695. This map shows Hicksville, where the LIRR had a station in 1837, but the planned ... Footnotes reflist colwidth 30em External links http www.nextech.de genealogy purchase p7.htm ... purchase e31.htm his will http www.fdale.com History images bppurchase.jpg Map of the Bethpage Purchase ... Search for Landmarks of Bethpage Purchase http cdm16373.contentdm.oclc.org cdm compoundobject collection ... Bethpage Historical Society webpage on the purchase http fdale.com History FBHS.htm Village ... more details
The Order can refer to in comics The Order comics , the name of two fictional comic book superhero teams in the Marvel Comics universe in computer and video games The Order, a fictional terrorist faction in the video game Freelancer video game Freelancer 2003 The Order Deus Ex The Order Deus Ex , a fictional pseudo religious organization in the computer game Deus Ex Invisible War 2003 The Order, a fictional religious group in the video game franchise Silent Hill 1999 first in series in film The Order 2001 film The Order 2001 film , a 2001 film directed by Sheldon Lettich written by and starring Jean Claude van Damme The Order 2003 film The Order 2003 film also known as The Sin Eater , a 2003 film written and directed by Brian Helgeland starring Heath Ledger in organizations Kappa Alpha Order , a fraternity The Order, a common name for the Latter Day Church of Christ , a Mormon fundamentalist denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement The Order group , an white nationalist revolutionary organization active in the United States between 1983 and 1984 See also Order disambiguation disambig de The Order nl The Order pt The Order ... more details
Wiktionary Order may refer to TOC right Ordinality Collation , the sequencing and ordering of text Alphabetical order Lexicographical orderOrder of precedence Philosophy Natural order philosophy Implicate and explicate order according to David Bohm Science and mathematics Order and disorder physics , measured by an order parameter or more generally by entropy An ordered world, the cosmos , antithetical concept of chaos Order, the category number of lighthouse Fresnel lens es, defining size and focal length Order biology , a rank between class and family, or a taxon at that rank Order mathematics , various meanings Order of reaction , a concept of chemical kinetics Order of hierarchical complexity ... Social order , a concept used in sociology, history and other social sciences, referring to the conduct of society World order disambiguation , including the concept of a world government Topological order , an organized quantum state Computer science Order of computation , the computational complexity of an algorithm Canonical order disambiguation , the order of elements that obeys a certain set of rules or specifications Z order , which graphics cover up others on computer screens Electronics and telecommunications First order hold in signal processing Modulation order , the number of different symbols that can be sent using a given modulation The polynomial order of a Filter signal processing transfer function Economics and commerce Order business , an instruction from a customer to buy Order exchange , customer s instruction to a stock broker Money order Work order Legal, political, and military Court order , made by a judge, e.g. a restraining order Executive order disambiguation , issued by the executive branch of government General order , a published directive from a commander Standing order disambiguation , a general order of indefinite duration, and similar ongoing rules in a parliament Law and order politics Military command Tactical formation , an arrangement ... more details
An code ORDER BY code clause in SQL specifies that a SQL code Select SQL SELECT code statement returns a result set with the rows being sorted by the values of one or more columns. The sort criteria do not have to be included in the result set. The sort criteria can be expressions, including but not limited to column names, user defined function user defined functions , arithmetic operations, or code CASE code expressions. The expressions are evaluated and the results are used for the sorting, i.e. the values stored in the column or the results of the function call. code ORDER BY code is the only way to sort the rows in the result set. Without this clause, the relational database system may return the rows in any order. If an ordering is required, the code ORDER BY code must be provided in the code SELECT code statement sent by the application. Although some database systems allow the specification of an code ORDER BY code clause in subselects or view database view definitions, the presence there has no effect. A view is a logical relational table, and the relational model mandates that a table is a set of rows, implying no sort order whatsoever. The only exception are constructs like code ORDER BY ORDER OF ... code not standardized in SQL 2003 which allow the propagation of sort ... a default sort order for Null SQL Null s. With the SQL 2003 extension T611, Elementary OLAP operations ... NULLS LAST code clauses of the code ORDER BY code list, respectively. Not all DBMS vendors implement ... Structure code ORDER BY ... DESC code will order in descending order, otherwise ascending order is used ... FROM Employees ORDER BY LastName, FirstName source This sorts by the LastName field, then by the FirstName field if LastName matches. References Reflist SQL DEFAULTSORT Order By Category SQL keywords Category Articles with example SQL code database stub compu lang stub cs ORDER BY sq Order by SQL uk Order by ... more details
Louisiana Purchase could be The Louisiana Purchase , in which the United States of America bought territory from the French. Louisiana Purchase musical Louisiana Purchase musical , a 1940 musical about Louisiana politics. Louisiana Purchase film Louisiana Purchase film , a 1941 adaptation of the musical. Louisiana Purchase Council , a local council of the Boy Scouts of America. Louisiana Purchase State Park in Arkansas. Louisiana Purchase Exposition , the Saint Louis World s Fair of 1904. disambig fi Louisiana Purchase ... more details
Refimprove date March 2007 Purchase Price Adjustments capture the change in value of an asset typically between the negotiation and closing. Example Antonio purchased property from Shylock for 50,000. At closing, Antonio paid 10,000 to Shylock and executed a promissory note payable to Shylock or order for 40,000. Following the closing, Antonio approached Shylock, upset that the property was in fact worth only 42,000. After a few weeks of negotiations, the parties agreed to reduce the amount of the promissory note to 32,000. ref Samuel A. Donaldson, Federal Income Taxation of Individuals Cases, Problems and Materials , 2nd Edition St. Paul Thomson West, 2007 , 113 14. ref Federal Tax Implications A Purchase Price Adjustment is not included as gross income under the U.S. tax code . ref See IRC 108 e 5 A . ref The adjustment between the parties is merely re setting the amount of the purchase price. Additionally, the price adjustment has to exist between the seller and the buyer no third parties can be involved . ref Ibid. ref References references Category Financial terminology Category Mortgage ... more details
Land Purchase Act may refer to Land Purchase Act 1875 , a statute of the General Assembly of Prince Edward Island Purchase of Land Ireland Act 1885 , a statute of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disambig ... more details
The Silver Purchase Act may refer to one of two federal laws of the United States The Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 The American Silver Purchase Act of 1934 dab ... more details
The Sherman Silver Purchase Act was enacted on July 14, 1890 ref name lingley Charles Ramsdell Lingley, Since the Civil War , fist edition New York, The Century Co., 1920, ix 635 p., LCCN 21 000 574 . Re issued Plain Label Books, unknown date, under a new title The United States Since the Civil War , 310 p. See page Google books quote id yLHCscnzQcEC pg PA173 text the Sherman silver purchase act, which was passed on July 14, 1890 173 Google Books . ref as a Law of the United States United States federal law . It was named after its author, Senator John Sherman politician John Sherman , an Ohio Republican, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. While not authorizing the free and unlimited coinage of silver that the Free Silver supporters wanted, it increased the amount of silver the government was required to purchase every month. The Sherman Silver Purchase Act had been passed in response to the growing complaints of farmers and miners interests. Farmers had immense debts that could not be paid off due to deflation caused by overproduction, and they urged the government to pass the Sherman Silver Purchase Act in order to boost the economy and cause inflation, allowing them to pay their debts with cheaper dollars. ref name Sherman Silver Purchase Act Answers.com, http www.answers.com topic sherman silver purchase act Sherman Silver Purchase Act accessed 2009.04.08. ref Mining companies, meanwhile, had extracted vast quantities of silver from western mines the resulting oversupply drove down the price of their product, often to below the point where it was not profitable to mine ... government was now required to purchase an additional 4.5 million troy ounce ounces of silver Precious ... well underway. ref name Sherman Silver Purchase Act External links http www.usa presidents.info speeches sherman.html President Cleveland Message on the Repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act References ... People s Party United States Category 1890 in the United States fr Sherman Silver Purchase Act ... more details
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