Real Estate Glossary  Real Estate Glossary     Federal
government agency in Washington, D.C. that makes low interest
loans to qualified small businesses. Address: 409 3rd Street SW
Washington, DC 20416.  Special court for the purpose of
providing fast, inexpensive and informal settlement of small
financial claims between a plaintiff and a defendant with the
parties representing themselves.  To melt or fuse to separate
impurities from metal. To refine or extract.  Device which
detects the presence of smoke in a specified density and gives a
warning by setting off an audible alarm.  The open, enlarged
area in a fireplace between the bottom of the flue and the top
of the throat, which traps smoke and by use of a smoke shelf and
damper, prevents downdrafts. The smoke chamber supports the
chimney.  Pipe that connects from an oven to the flue of a
chimney.  Horizontal shelf that is the bottom of the smoke
chamber and prevents downdrafts.  Gravity rated plumbing test
for leakage, in which smoke is forced through the