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An appropriation of, and dealing with the property of another as if it were one's own, without right; as, the conversion of a horse. Or bring my action of conversion And trover for my goods. Hudibras.

To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally. When a bystander took a coin to get it changed, and converted it, [it was] held no larceny. Cooley.

To transfer or deliver to another; to make over, as property; more strictly (Law), to transfer (real estate) or pass (a title to real estate) by a sealed writing. The Earl of Desmond . . . secretly conveyed all his lands to feoffees in trust. Spenser.

The act by which the title to property, esp. real estate, is transferred; transfer of ownership; an instrument in writing (as a deed or mortgage), by which the title to property is conveyed from one person to another. [He] found the conveyances in law to be so firm, that in justice he must decree the land to the earl.…

One whose business is to draw up conveyances of property, as deeds, mortgages, leases, etc. Burrill.

ct or business of drawing deeds, leases, or other writings, for transferring the title to property from one person to another.

laceous plant), and extracted as a colorless, tasteless, gummy mass of powerful purgative properties.

abates heat or excitement. if acid things were used only as coolers, they would not be so proper in this case. Arbuthnot.

A horizontal row of corbels, with the panels or filling between them; also, less properly used to include the stringcourse on them.

ination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock. [Broker's Cant] Corner stone, the stone which lies at the corner of two walls, and unites them; the…

Belonging to a corporation or incorporated body. "Corporate property." Hallam.

nipotence That to corporeal substance could add Speed almost spiritual. Milton. Corporeal property, such as may be seen and handled (as opposed to incorporeal, which can not be seen or handled, and exists only in contemplation). Mozley & W.

Anything which gives strength or support; a tonic. The brain, with its proper corroborants, especially with sweet odors and with music. Southey.

Anything done deceitfully, and which could not be properly designated by any special name, whether belonging to contracts or not. Burrill.

nefitt. One day shall crown the alliance on 't so please you, Here at my house, and at my proper cost. Shak. At less cost of life than is often expended in a skirmish, [Charles V.] saved Europe from invasion. Prescott.

ce, C12H13NO3, obtained as a product of the decomposition of narcotine. It has weak basic properties, and is usually regarded as an alkaloid.

A man who busies himself with affairs which properly belong to women. Addison.

he fruit of Dipterix (formerly Coumarouna) odorata and consisting essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline substance, C9H6O2, of vanilla- like odor, regarded as an anhydride of coumaric acid, and used in flavoring. Coumarin in also made artificially.

ssel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.

Fit; proper; suitable. [Obs.] "A covenable day." Wyclif (Mark vi. 21).