| 1. | Mail and Wire Fraud | Thus is fraud committed by means of mail or electronic communication - telephone, telegraph email, etc. |
| 2. | Mandatory Registration | Refers to the process an accounting firm must go through (per Sarbanes Oxley) if it wants to do an audit for a public company - the firm must register with the Public Company Auditing Oversight Board … 0.2 KB |
| 3. | Mandatory Rotation | Refers to setting a limit on the period of years in which a particular registered public accounting firm may be the auditor of record for a particular issuer before being replaces by a different firm … 0.2 KB |
| 4. | Manipulation | Refers to shrewd or dishonest management or other actions to control the price of a security for one's own advantage. |
| 5. | Material | Used as an adjective to show real importance or great consequences. Example - the lawyer was told by the judge to present material facts and stop wasting the court's time with minor facts of no real i… 0.2 KB |
| 6. | Material Weakness | A weakness which would be likely to affect the financial status of the corporation and thus the a stock's price once the weakness becomes known by the public. |
| 7. | Minimum Review Period | In no event shall an issuer required to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 be reviewed under this section less frequently than once every 3 years. See Tit… 0.2 KB |
| 8. | Ministerial | a : being or having the characteristics of an act or duty prescribed by law as part of the duties of an administrative office b : relating to or being an act done after ascertaining the existence of a… 0.4 KB |
| 9. | Mitigating Circumstances | Refers to circumstances in the commission or omission of an act that tends to lessen the degree of criminal liability. |
| 10. | Money | An idea that a piece of paper or some other relatively portable object has value. The idea is backed by confidence in the issuer of the paper or object. ◊ A medium of exchange. Actually money, a… 0.8 KB |
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