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Long Term Debt, Period to Capitalize Outstanding Principal Balance

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Long Term Debt, Principal Payments Due Prior To Maturity Date

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Long-term Debt, Capitalized Interest

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of gain (loss) from deconsolidation of subsidiary and derecognition of group of assets constituting transfer of business or nonprofit activity, excluding conveyance of oil and gas mineral rights and transfer of good or service in contract with customer.

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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Condensed and Consolidated Financial Statements for Entities in Bankruptcy - Narrative (Details) - USD ($)			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 28, 2017	May 16, 2014	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019	Aug. 31, 2020	Aug. 31, 2019	Aug. 16, 2019
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Change in fair value of notes					$ 0	$ 37,941,000
Change in fair value of investment in deconsolidated subsidiaries (Notes 4 & 16)			$ 0	$ 90,710,000	0	37,941,000
Lamington
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Change in fair value of investment in deconsolidated subsidiaries (Notes 4 & 16)							$ 37,941,000
Lamington \| Promissory notes
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Change in fair value of investment in deconsolidated subsidiaries (Notes 4 & 16)							89,736,000
Lamington \| Senior Notes \| 8.5% Promissory Note
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Debt instrument term		10 years
Debt issued		$ 59,300,000
Debt interest rate		8.50%
Period to capitalize outstanding principal balance		7 days
Outstanding principal balance				86,500,000		86,500,000
Capitalized interest included in outstanding principal balance				27,200,000		27,200,000
Principal payments due prior to maturity date				0		0
Lamington \| Senior Notes \| Special Dividend Note
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Debt issued	$ 57,000,000.0
Debt interest rate	5.00%
Outstanding principal balance				59,900,000		59,900,000
Capitalized interest included in outstanding principal balance				2,900,000		2,900,000
Principal payments due prior to maturity date				0		0
Period after which interest shall be capitalized if accrued interest is not paid	7 days
Fair value of notes							$ 146,300,000
Subsidiaries \| Lamington
Condensed Financial Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Administrative service fees - affiliate			$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 2,765,000