(law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes betw…
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(law) immediate and direct physical control over property
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(law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without direct control or actual presence upon it
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law, Media and communication, Media theory.(law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law, Media and communication, Media theory.the act of retaining something
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, Media and communication, Media theory.the act of retaining something
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, Media and communication, Media theory.the act of having and controlling property
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, Media and communication, Media theory.the act of having and controlling property
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, Media and communication, Media theory.the act of retaining something
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, Media and communication, Media theory.(law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land)
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.(law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.(law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.(law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.(law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.(law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signe…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signe…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signe…
Used in the same subject area: Law, Property law, General law.a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband
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Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influenc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: immediate, direct, physical, control, over.A component that makes a machine move or act.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: immediate, direct, physical, control, over.To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit; as, he addressed a letter.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: immediate, direct, physical, control, over.To direct or point, as a weapon, at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an objec…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: immediate, direct, physical, control, over.To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; -- said of an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: immediate, direct, physical, control, over.A valuation of property or profits of business, for the purpose of taxation; such valuation and an adjudging of the proper sum to be l…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: immediate, direct, physical, control, over.An agreement between parties concerning the sale of property; or a contract by which one party binds himself to transfer the right to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: immediate, direct, physical, control, over.To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: immediate, direct, physical, control, over.To exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one's disposal; to lead.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: immediate, direct, physical, control, over.(physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc; "the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: immediate, direct, physical, control, over.To give or transfer; to yield possession or control of; to part with (to); to make over; to commit; to surrender; to resign; -- often…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: immediate, direct, physical, control, over.straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: immediate, direct, physical, control, over.
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