v
(transitive, law) To take ownership of (property) through the doctrine of adverse possession.
v
(transitive) To give (an award).
n
The giving of an award; something awarded.
v
(transitive) To entrust; endow.
v
To give; to offer; to commit.
v
(transitive) To give as a bequest; bequeath.
n
Security; guaranty; bail.
n
(historical, Scotland, law) Before 1880, a debtor's surrender of his estate to his creditors in return for a judicial protection from imprisonment for his debts.
n
The giving up of rights, property etc. which one is entitled to.
n
(law) The investing of money into an individual's lawsuit.
n
(law) A thing; personal property.
n
Anything that a collector finds desirable and worth collecting.
n
The act of conferring something; conferment
n
(obsolete, feudal law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
v
Obsolete form of covenant. [To enter into, or promise something by, a covenant.]
adj
(obsolete, law) In one’s gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office or other privilege.
n
(law) a lifetime gift, a present or future gift given during the donor's lifetime.
n
A legal obligation to provide maintenance for another person, such as one's child, spouse or former spouse.
n
Something with which a person or thing is endowed.
v
To invest (someone) with a given quality, property etc.; to endow.
v
Obsolete form of inherit. [(transitive) To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).]
v
To give power or authority (to do something).
v
(transitive) To put (land, property) in escheat; to confiscate.
n
The state of property deposited with an escrow agent.
n
(figuratively, obsolete) Synonym of possession.
adj
(of a school or similar business) Charging fees for providing education or services; not free
n
(law) The property lost as a forfeit.
n
A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
n
(law, historical) Alternative form of frankpledge. [(law, historical) A form of collective suretyship and punishment under English law among the members of a tithing.]
n
An individual who collects money from the public for some cause.
adj
(attributive) Relating to raising money (funds), particularly for charities.
n
The situation where an individual makes a charitable donation and an organization (such as the individual's employer) supplements it with a matching donation.
v
(UK, transitive) To declare (a charitable donation that one is making) as eligible for Gift Aid.
n
(business) A concept used to refer to the ability of an individual or business to exert influence within a community, club, market or another type of group, without having to resort to the use of an asset (such as money or property), either directly or by the creation of a lien.
n
The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
n
(US) The discretionary awarding of grants (especially by a large foundation or other organization as a form or organized philanthropy).
n
Personal possession; ownership.
v
(transitive) to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, treaty, promise, request, or the like)
v
(politics, Britain) To designate a new tax or tax increase for a specific expenditure.
v
Alternative form of enfeoff [(transitive, chiefly law, historical) To transfer a fief to, to endow with a fief; to put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest.]
n
(New Zealand, by extension) A voluntary donation given for a service that has been provided.
n
Someone who has become a member of an organisation for the rest of their life.
n
An agreement with a person (or a deceased person's estate) to create fictionalized accounts of their life.
v
(transitive) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset.
v
Obsolete spelling of own [(transitive) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset.]
n
(law) One or two whom a pledge is delivered as security; one who takes anything in pawn.
n
The holding of an insurance policy.
v
(obsolete) To invest with property.
v
(obsolete) To make a property of; to appropriate.
n
(obsolete) The act of taking possession.
n
(law) One who seizes or takes possession.
n
Financial support or assistance, such as a grant.
n
A payment made by one nation to another in submission.
n
(obsolete) A mutual agreement, a covenant.
n
(often in the plural) Money paid by the government, special-purpose fund or similar to those who are unemployed and looking for work.
n
(law) The principle of a treaty which leaves belligerents mutually in possession of what they have acquired by force during the war.
v
To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor.
n
An exceptionally strong interest in protecting or promoting something to one's own advantage.
n
(property law) Any structural change made to an estate in land that intentionally or negligently causes harm to the estate or depletes its resources, unless this depletion is a continuation of a pre-existing use.
v
(transitive) To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
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