Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. A set-off clause is a legal clause that gives a lender the authority to seize a debtor's ...

Lea Uradu, J.D., is a Maryland state registered tax preparer, state-certified notary public, certified VITA tax preparer, IRS annual filing season program participant, and tax writer. A co-tenancy ...

2:17 Alberta uses notwithstanding clause in bill ordering striking teachers back to work The Alberta government on Monday invoked the notwithstanding clause in legislation ordering 51,000 striking ...

Alberta invoked the notwithstanding clause on Monday as it introduced legislation to force striking teachers back to work. Here's a quick primer on the rarely-used mechanism, and why it matters. What ...

The slang phrase "6-7" does not typically have a serious meaning and is often used for fun or as a joke. Some users on TikTok have associated the phrase with the 2024 rap song “Doot Doot (6 7)” by ...

With just a third of the sand left in the hourglass to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, urgency defines our times. Nowhere is this more evident than in the evolution of South-South ...

Ottawa is calling on the Supreme Court of Canada to clarify the law around governments’ use of the Charter’s notwithstanding clause, arguing that courts should have a bigger role in such cases than ...

Chivalry, serfdom, industrial activity and the races have all yielded evocative horse-linked phrases. Surprises include hands-down, ride roughshod and Big Apple Take a horse to water, horse-trading, ...

We are concluding our discussion on phrases, clauses and sentences today. In the last two classes, we compared the three, underlining how a sentence is usually a combination of clauses and phrases. We ...

Of President Trump’s many ethical and conflict of interest controversies, the gift of a $400 million luxury aircraft from the Qatari royal family has sparked the most protest among the president’s ...

In his inaugural address, President Trump boldly declared the beginning of America’s “Golden Age.” Instead, with news and headlines that screamed “lowest 100-day approval in 80 years,” Trump’s Golden ...

In most big cities and heavily touristed areas in Italy, hotel and restaurant staff, shopkeepers, and museum attendants will almost certainly speak at least some English. But venture to smaller towns ...