Many contracts allow them to hand back loan pools that sour surprisingly quickly.
In 1946 Switzerland reluctantly agreed to hand back some 50 tonnes of gold.
The glitch affected customers of RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank, and prompted Mr Hester to hand back his bonus for 2012.
Mr Denktash still wants the Greek-Cypriots to recognise his republic in the northern third of the island before he agrees to hand back territory and property.
They said blocking the sale would have implications for the trade of indigenous art and could potentially force French museums to hand back collections they have bought.
On Sunday night, authorities said they had to use a stun gun to subdue Mr Routh in custody after he became belligerent and refused to hand back his food tray.
As he took up his new post on Tuesday he said he wanted to hand back more responsibility to Bosnian politicians and reduce the wide-ranging powers that his post commands.
Chirac has been sharply critical of the U.S. administration's Iraq policy, and has been calling for the coalition to hand back sovereignty to the Iraqi people in six to nine months.
Has the same assumption been applied to young African-American football players, who now in the wake of Reggie Bush having to hand back his Heisman, are seemingly presumed guilty until being declared innocent?
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Chambers won the European title in 2002 but had to hand back his gold medal when he tested positive for steroids a year later, and he vowed to bounce back from Wednesday's disappointment.
From a low of 2m sq ft in mid-2000, available space there totalled 13m by mid-2003 (and that excludes space that some big Canary Wharf tenants want, and are entitled, to hand back).
For everyone else, plunging stock and property prices mean now may be as good a time as any to hand back the passport, says Kurt Rademacher, a partner at Withers, a global tax-planning firm.
For underwater homeowners unable to service their debt, many, if not most, would come out ahead financially by ceasing to make mortgage payments, hiring a lawyer and arranging to hand back the keys to the bank.
It is light enough to hand back and forth, but the screen is large and vibrant enough for multiple people to watch videos, share content or enjoy dual-player games on the same screen from a variety of angles.
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When it was put to her that Mr Salmond had urged the campaign group to hand back the businessman's money, Ms Lamont responded by asking if the first minister felt Mr Taylor's investment in Harris Tweed should be withdrawn.
It is a measure of how fast and how far the industry's star has waned that Sonera, Finland's biggest operator, was applauded on August 10th for its decision to hand back, for no financial return, its hard-won licence in Norway.
But if you have received certain goods or services which would be awkward or virtually impossible to hand back (e.g. perishable goods or home improvement services), then you will have to pay for what you have received, even if you cancel the contract.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook, speaking at a tech conference this past week, dismissed some of Mr. Einhorn's remarks and called a related legal challenge a "silly sideshow, " although he said the company would nonetheless consider ways to hand back more cash to investors.
Southern Cross has identified 47 care homes that it wants to hand back to the landlords, almost immediately and a further 85 homes that it would wish to pull out of over the coming five years ( see this morning's FT for more on this).
Last November, the latter number had been 32%, suggesting companies are coming under increasing pressure to hand cash back to their shareholders.
"It is up to them - if they don't want it - to hand it back, " he said.
Mr Duncan Smith told the Sunday Telegraph he would "encourage" people who do not need such financial support "to hand it back".
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Senior Conservative David Davis, a former home secretary, welcomed the government's approach to "hand the decision back to Parliament".
Finally, the head of the Federal Reserve sought to reassure markets that his institution had all the tools at hand to rein back accommodative monetary policy when needed.
Even though shares for many firms still look relatively cheap, companies are opting to hold on to their cash rather than hand it back to shareholders.
"If you're putting on an event that is going to benefit the island and is going to benefit a lot of different people and is going to benefit the cultural life of the island then you shouldn't have to put your hand in your back pocket to fund it, " said Tom.
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Muslim banks must keep enough money on hand to pay back all their creditors.
Commander Markwell added that the fire service should be able to hand the site back to the operators within "days".
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