circuit breaker n.— «We said there’s one market today, not many marketplaces and that you have to coordinate circuit breakers between the markets. Circuit breakers in Chicago are really price limits, ad the circuit breakers in New York...
shorty n.— «Oh, and “shorty”? That’s a sad euphemism for a nearly, but not quite, depleted cigarette. This is the saddest sort of smoker’s plea. It is asking, “Can I have the last few puffs of that right down to the...
cyclops mirror n.— «But he said the driver’s blindspot in front of the vehicle still extended to three ft and there was also a substantial loss of vision towards the front left of the truck. On the extra front facing mirrors, also...
predatory towing n.— «She gave the friend a sheet of paper to put on her dashboard with Matos’s name, phone number, and a plea to any tow driver that she would be leaving soon.… “It was only about 15 or 20 minutes—it was hard...
dump truck n.— «Once they realize you’re not resisting their demand to go to trial and their demand that they pay you some attention…then they will drop their resistance to a plea bargain based specifically on you as the dump truck...
dump truck n.— «Some lawyers contend that a handful of high-volume practitioners like Stern have bled the Ontario Legal Aid Plan dry by setting up veritable plea factories. They’ve even given them a name: “dumptrucks...