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seller
stockholder
lenient
property damage
desertion
award
off point
express power
proof of claim
lump sum distribution
fee tail
director
lost property
procedural law
desert
title insurance
chief operating officer
trustworthy
magistrate
denote
on point
bribery
designate
leasehold
periodic tenancy
liquidation
prohibition
preemption rights
observe
globalisation
chief executive officer
block exemption
witness summons
preference share
de jure corporation
overturn
clawback
professional advisor
confidential information
matter
nullity
condition
conceal
debt mountain
cohabiter
rape
statutory register
target
de minimis claim
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fraudulent trading
noun
carrying on of the business of the company with the intention to defraud creditors
The directors were charged with fraudulent trading.