Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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crown jewel

A company's most valuable asset, esp. as valued when the company is the subject of a hostile takeover. ( A common antitakeover device is for the target company to sell its crown jewel to a third party so that the company will be less attractive to an unfriendly suitor. See SCORCHED-EARTH DEFENSE.