Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Raider

See CORPORATE RAIDER.

aider

n. 1. an act of aiding; the curing of a defect. 2. one who aids another.

aider by pleading over

the cure of a pleading defect by an adversary's answering the pleading without an objection, so that the objection is waived.

aider by verdict

the cure of a pleading defect by a trial verdict, based on the presumption that the record contains adequate proof of the necessary facts even if those facts were not specifically alleged.

corporate raider

A person or business that attempts to take control of a corporation, against its wishes, by buying its stock and replacing its management. - Often shortened to raider. - Also termed hostile bidder; unfriendly suitor. Cf. WHITE KNIGHT.