basis
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The Times identified hundreds of other UCC filings with no apparent legal basis that also listed the home addresses of government officials and prominent power-brokers, effectively turning the state’s public database into a doxing tool.
From Los Angeles Times
He went on: "By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? What is their basis of claiming Greenland as a colony of Denmark?"
From BBC
But, if you give your daughter this house before you and your husband die, she would take your cost basis rather than receiving a step-up to current market value.
From MarketWatch
However, she reiterated the prime minister's position that it is for the US to set out the legal basis for its actions.
From BBC
Existing-home sales that closed since August, while not blockbuster by any means, have improved on a seasonally adjusted basis, and contract signings saw a notable bump in November.
From Barron's
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