n
(law) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.
v
(transitive) To confer an apanage upon.
n
(job advertisements) benefits
n
The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.
n
One who obtains or desires to obtain a concession, as a grant of land, or a privilege or immunity of some kind.
n
(law) A deathbed gift: a future gift given in expectation of the donor's imminent death and only delivered upon the donor's death.
n
Obsolete form of inheritance. [The passing of title to an estate upon death.]
v
To give rightful ownership.
n
The right to have something, whether actual or perceived.
n
(archaic) The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions.
adj
passed or received as an inheritance
n
Alternative form of freelage [(UK dialectal) Privilege; immunity; franchise; the freedom or privilege of a burgess in a corporation.]
n
Assets that are passed down from one generation to the next.
n
The act of possessing; ownership.
adj
Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.
n
(law) The state of being intestate, or of dying without having made a valid will.
n
(law) A statute that prohibits inheritance from passing to an heir who is too distantly removed from the deceased.
n
(law) A right, typically in the form of regular income, that lasts for the lifetime of the person benefiting from that right.
n
Property, owndom; possessions.
n
What is mine and what is yours; owned property.
n
(law, obsolete) A case or writ relating to the recovery of an inherited estate that has been taken or occupied by another party following the death of a relative.
n
One who occupies, particularly with respect to a foreign government controlling the territory of another.
adj
Belonging to; possessed; acquired; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.
n
Something that can be owned; a commodity or item of property.
n
(business) Responsibility for something.
n
(rare) Things owned; possessions.
n
Alternative form of perk (a perquisite) [(informal) Perquisite.]
v
(law) To have control or possession of, but not to own (a chattel or an interest in land).
n
Alternative form of possessor
n
Something that is owned.
n
The act of one caring for or one's interest over something.
n
(obsolete) A possessor; a holder of property.
adj
Of or pertaining to ownership or possession.
n
Obsolete spelling of property [Something that is owned.]
n
The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
n
Obsolete form of property. [Something that is owned.]
adj
Owning something; having ownership.
n
(obsolete) More generally, something owned by someone; a possession.
n
(law) A right attached to a thing or property, as ownership, usufruct, servitude, etc (as opposed to a personal right).
n
The security given by authority of a government to a stranger for his quietly coming into and passing out of the territories over which said government has jurisdiction or control.
n
(obsolete) The thing possessed; property.
adj
(law, US, characterizing the power of attorney) That takes effect only after the incapacity of the grantor or some other definite future act or circumstance.
n
(obsolete) Estate, possession.
n
One who acquires right or title through usucaption.
n
The acquisition of right or title to an object by means of the passage of time. The common law analogue is adverse possession.
n
One who acquires something by usucaption.
n
(law, historical, Ancient Rome) A species of interdict granted to one who was in possession of an immovable thing, in order that he might be declared the legal possessor.
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