Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Sharp

adj. (Of a clause in a mortgage, deed, etc.) empowering the creditor to take immediate and summary action upon the debtor's default.

sharp practice

Unethical action and trickery, esp. by a lawyer. - Also termed (archaically) unhandsome dealing. - sharp practitioner, n.