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absque  impetitione  vasti (abs-kwee im-p<<schwa>>-tish-ee-oh-nee  vas-tI),  adv.[Law Latin] Hist. See WITHOUT IMPEACHMENT OF WASTE. [Blacks Law 8th]

price expectancy. See EXHIBITION VALUE. [Blacks Law 8th]

absque  hoc  (abs-kwee  hok),  adv.[Latin]  Archaic.  Without  this.  •  The  phrase  was  formerly used in common-law pleading to introduce the denial of allegations. — Also termed sans ce que. See TRAVERSE. [Blacks Law 8th]

price-erosion theory. Patents. A theory of lost-profits remedy that measures the difference between what an item could have sold for with patent protection and what it actually sold for while having to compete against an infringing item. [Cases: Patents 318(3). C.J.S. Patents §§ 564, 566.] [Blacks Law 8th]

absque dubio (abs-kwee d[y]oo-bee-oh), adv.[Latin] Without doubt. [Blacks Law 8th]

absque   consideratione   curiae   (abs-kwee   k<<schwa>>n-sid-<<schwa>>-ray-shee-oh-nee A kyoor-ee-ee), adv.[Law Latin] Without the consideration of the court; without judgment. [Blacks Law 8th]

absque  aliquo  inde  reddendo  (abs-kwee  al-<<schwa>>-kwoh  in-dee  ri-den-doh),  adv.[Law Latin] Hist. Without rendering anything therefrom. • This phrase appeared in royal grants in which no tenure was reserved. [Blacks Law 8th]

absque (abs-kwee), adv.[Latin] Without. [Blacks Law 8th]

price-earnings ratio. The ratio between a stock’s current share price and the corporation’s earnings per share for the last year. • Some investors avoid stocks with high price-earnings ratios because those stocks may be overpriced. — Abbr. P/E ratio. Cf. earnings yield under YIELD. [Blacks Law 8th]

absorption,n.1. The act or process of including or incorporating a thing into something else; esp., the application of rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution to actions by the states. 2.Int’l law. The merger of one nation into another, whether voluntarily or by subjugation. 3.Labor law. In a postmerger collective-bargaining agreement, a provision allowing seniority for …