line of credit — line of credit: an agreement specifying the maximum amount of credit allowed a borrower Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. line of credit … Law dictionary
Line-out — A line out is the means by which, in rugby union, the ball is put back into play after it has gone into touch. It is the equivalent of the throw in in association football. Rugby league does not have line outs. Instead, a scrum takes place 20… … Wikipedia
Line-crossing ceremony — U.S. Sailors and Marines participate in a line crossing ceremony aboard USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) as the ship passes the Equator May 16, 2008. It has been a long naval tradition to initiate pollywogs, sailors who have never crossed the Equator,… … Wikipedia
Line of succession to the French throne (Bonapartist) — and his sympathisers until 1924. Today there is only one claimant left. Origins of the French Empire The French empire, commonly known as the French Empire or the Napoleonic Empire, consisted of two periods of French history, when the form of… … Wikipedia
line of credit — noun the maximum credit that a customer is allowed • Syn: ↑credit line, ↑bank line, ↑line, ↑personal credit line, ↑personal line of credit • Hypernyms: ↑credit • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
line — n. long, thin mark 1) to draw a line 2) a broken; contour; crooked; curved; dotted; fine, thin; heavy, thick; horizontal; parallel; perpendicular; solid, unbroken; straight; vertical; wavy line queue (AE) 3) to form a line 4) to buck ( push into… … Combinatory dictionary
Line-item veto — In government, the line item veto is the power of an executive to nullify or cancel specific provisions of a bill, usually budget appropriations, without vetoing the entire legislative package. The line item vetoes are usually subject to the… … Wikipedia
Line of scrimmage — In American and Canadian football a line of scrimmage is an imaginary transverse line crossing the football field across its narrower dimension, beyond which a team cannot cross until the next play has begun. Its location is based on the spot… … Wikipedia
Line of succession to the Romanian throne — The succession order to the throne of Romania depends on the interpretation of the applicable laws, either the Romanian kingdom s last democratic constitution, that of 1923, or the new Statute of the Royal House of Romania, named Fundamental… … Wikipedia
Line of Demarcation — The Line of Demarcation was a longitude, moved slightly from the line drawn by Pope Alexander VI to divide new lands claimed by Portugal from those of Spain. This line was drawn in 1493 after Christopher Columbus returned from his maiden voyage… … Wikipedia