Right of disposition, in mortuary law, is the right of family or friends to make decisions on the funeral, burial, cremation, or other methods of final disposition of the deceased. The order of the right of disposition varies depending on the...
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riparian
Riparian refers to land adjoining a bank of a river or stream. See riparian rights.
[Last updated in December of 2020 by the Wex Definitions Team]
riparian doctrine
Riparian doctrine refers to the doctrine in property law that deals mainly with a body of water bordering a piece of land. The doctrine of riparian rights claims that the legal water right belongs to the landowner if the water flows within...
risk factors
Risk factors refer to Item 105 of Regulation S-K which requires the registrant’s management to discuss material risks to the registrant’s operations. Item 105 requires that the registrant write their risk factors in plain English and organize...
roadshow
Roadshows are presentations by the management of an issuer conducting a public offering to market their securities.
Permissibility Under the Gun Jumping RulesIn an initial public offering (IPO), issuers market their...
roll over
Rollover means to extend a particular financial agreement.
In the context of retirement accounts, rollover often refers to transferring funds from one Individual Retirement Account (IRA) to another traditional IRA or Roth IRA, or from...Rule 10b-5
Rule 10-5 is a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulation that prohibits securities fraud.
OverviewThe SEC promulgated Rule 10b-5 under Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act, which authorizes the SEC to regulate...
Rule 144A
Rule 144A (formally 17 CFR § 230.144A) is a Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) regulation that enables purchasers of securities in a private placement to resell their securities to qualified institutional buyers (QIBs) under certain...
Rule 504
Rule 504 (formally 17 CFR § 230.504) is a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulation that enables issuers to sell under $5,000,000 in securities to an unlimited amount of purchasers in a private placement.
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Rule 506
Rule 506 (formally 17 CFR § 230.506) is a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulation that allows private placement under Regulation D and enables issuers to offer an unlimited amount in securities.
Relationship with Section 5...