MARGIN

1. The edge or border; the edge of a body of water where it meets the land. As applied to a boundary line of land, the "margin" of a river, creek, or other water-course means the center of the stream. Ex parte Jennings, 6 Cow. (N. Y.) 527, 16.Am. Dec. 447; Varick v. Smith. 9 Paige (N. Y.) 551. But in the case of a lake, bay, or natural pond, the "margin" means the line where land and water meet. Fowler v. Vreeland, 44 N. J. Eq. 268, 14 At!. 116; Lembeck v. Andrews, 47 Ohio St. 336, 24 N. E. 686, 8 L. R. A. 578. 2,.A. sum of money, or its equivalent, placed in the hands of a stockbroker by the principal or person on whose account the purchase is to be made, as a security to the former against lo es to which he may be exposed by a 11ubsequent depre ion in the market value of the stock. Markham v. Jaudon, 49 Barb. (N. Y.) 468; Sheehy v. Shinn, 103 Cal. 325, 37 Pac. 393; Memphis Brokerage A 'n v. Cullen, 11 Lea (Tenn.) 77; Fortenbnry v. State, 47 Ark. 188, 1 S. W. 58. [s. 765]