Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Dealer

n. 1. A person who purchases goods or property for sale to others; a retailer. 2. A person or firm that buys and sells securities for its own account as a principal, and then sells to a customer. See DEAL, n. & ub.

National Association of Securities Dealers

A group of brokers and dealers empowered by the SEC to regulate the over-the-counter securities market. - Abbr. NASD.

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation system

A computerized system for recording transactions and displaying price quotations for a group of actively traded securities on the over-the-counter market. - Abbr. NASDAQ.

broker-dealer

See BROKER.

dealer's talk

See PUFFING.

government-securities interdealer broker

A broker engaged exclusively in the business of transacting in government securities for parties that are themselves government brokers or dealers.

patent-right dealer

A person who sells or brokers the sale of patent rights.

registered dealer

A dealer registered or required to be registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

responsible broker-dealer

A broker-dealer who communicates bids or offers on the floor of a stock exchange at the designated location for trading in a reported security or who, in an off-exchange transaction, communicates the bid or offer as either a principal or an agent, for its own or another's account. SEC Rule 11Ac1-1(a)~21) li7 (TR ยง 240.11Ac1-1(a)(21)i.

wholesale dealer

One who sells goods in gross to retail dealers rather than selling in smaller quantities directly to consumers.