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  2. IAS 37 - Wikipedia

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    IAS 37 establishes the definition of a provision as a "liability of uncertain timing or amount", and requires that all the following conditions be fulfilled before a provision can be recognized: the entity currently has a liability as a result of a past event; an outflow of resources is likely to be needed to settle the liability; and

  3. Contingent liability - Wikipedia

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    In accounting, contingent liabilities are liabilities that may be incurred by an entity depending on the outcome of an uncertain future event [1] such as the outcome of a pending lawsuit. These liabilities are not recorded in a company's accounts and shown in the balance sheet when both probable and reasonably estimable as 'contingency' or ...

  4. Lateral and subjacent support - Wikipedia

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    If a neighbor's excavation or excessive extraction of underground liquid deposits (crude oil or aquifers) causes subsidence, such as by causing the landowner's land to cave in, the neighbor will be subject to strict liability in a tort action. The neighbor will also be strictly liable for damage to buildings on the landowner's property if the ...

  5. Rule against perpetuities - Wikipedia

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    The rule against perpetuities serves a number of purposes. First, English courts have long recognized that allowing owners to attach long-lasting contingencies to their property harms the ability of future generations to freely buy and sell the property, since few people would be willing to buy property that had unresolved issues regarding its ownership hanging over it.

  6. Liability (financial accounting) - Wikipedia

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    In financial accounting, a liability is a quantity of value that a financial entity owes. More technically, it is value that an entity is expected to deliver in the future to satisfy a present obligation arising from past events. [1] The value delivered to settle a liability may be in the form of assets transferred or services performed.

  7. Assignment (law) - Wikipedia

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    The liability of the assignee depends upon the contract formed when the assignment takes place. However, in general, the assignee has privity of estate with a lessor. With privity of estate comes the duty on the part of the assignee to perform certain obligations under covenant, e.g. pay rent.

  8. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    Florida leads the nation in placing state prisons in the hands of private, profit-making companies. In recent years, the state has privatized the entirety of its $183 million juvenile commitment system — the nation’s third-largest, trailing only California and Texas.

  9. CAMELS rating system - Wikipedia

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    1999 NCUA Real Estate Lending and Balance sheet Management (99-CU-12) 2000 OCC Model Validation (Bulletin 2000-16) note this was replaced in 2011. 2000 NCUA Asset Liability Management Procedures (00-CU-10) 2001 NCUA Liability Management - Rate-Sensitive and Volatile Funding Sources (01-CU-08) 2000 OCC OCC Bulletin 2000-16, "Model Validation."