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That part of the property that survives the peril and is saved. Kent. Abbot.

That property of a thing which affects the organs of taste or smell; taste and odor; flavor; relish; scent; as, the savor of an orange or a rose; an ill savor. I smell sweet savors and I feel soft things. Shak.

ption to the capital of a bank, railroad, or other company, or for a share of other joint property, or a loan, stating the amount of the subscription and the date of the payment of the installments; as, insurance scrip, consol scrip, etc. When all the installments are paid, the scrip is exchanged for a bond share certi…

nations to examine and search private merchant vessels on the high seas, for the enemy's property or for articles contraband of war. -- Search warrant (Law), a warrant legally issued, authorizing an examination or search of a house, or other place, for goods stolen, secreted, or concealed.

A process in which mercury, or some of its salts, is employed to impart the property of felting to certain kinds of furs. Ure.

on from religious to lay or secular possession and uses; as, the secularization of church property.

To convert from spiritual or common use; as, to secularize a church, or church property. At the Reformation the abbey was secularized. W. Coxe.

A right of inheritance belonging to a second son; a property or possession so inherited. The kingdom of Naples . . . was constituted a secundo-geniture of Spain. Bancroft.

An evidence of debt or of property, as a bond, a certificate of stock, etc.; as, government securities.

The thing possessed; property. Sir M. Halle.

udden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc.

The act of defending one's own person, property, or reputation. In self-defense (Law), in protection of self, -- it being permitted in law to a party on whom a grave wrong is attempted to resist the wrong, even at the peril of the life of the assailiant. Wharton.

Defending, or tending to defend, one's own person, property, or reputation.

Having the power or property of healing itself.

Possessing in itself the property of emitting light. Sir D. Brewster.

ood price. To sell out, to sell one's whole stockk in trade or one's entire interest in a property or a business.

and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate. Forme…

One who sequesters property, or takes the possession of it for a time, to satisfy a demand out of its rents or profits.

A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it.

Especially, the part allotted or belonging to one, of any property or interest owned by a number; a portion among others; an apportioned lot; an allotment; a dividend. "My share of fame." Dryden.