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ge et noir ( Etym: [F., red and black], a game at cards in which persons play against the owner of the bank; -- so called because the table around which the players sit has certain compartments colored red and black, upon which the stakes are deposited. Hoyle.

A share of the product or profit (as of a mine, forest, etc.), reserved by the owner for permitting another to use the property.

The act of selling; the transfer of property, or a contract to transfer the ownership of property, from one person to another for a valuable consideration, or for a price in money.

such possession by construction of law. In some of the United States seizin means merely ownership. Burrill.

Retention within one's grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership. Make o'er thy honor by a deed of trust, And give me seizure of the mighty wealth. Dryden.

To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy 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,…

A keeper or feeder of sheep; also, an owner of sheep. 2 Kings iii. 4.

A shipowner.

Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns.

im is victory, and not truth. Burrill. -- Special property (Law), a qualified or limited ownership possession, as in wild animals, things found or bailed. -- Special session, an extraordinary session; a session at an unusual time or for an unusual purpose; as, a special session of Congress or of a legislature. -- Sp…

The act of stealing; theft. [Obs.] The owner proveth the stealth to have been committed upon him by such an outlaw. Spenser.

Only trees above a certain size are allowed to be cut by loggers buying stumpage from the owners of land. C. S. Sargent.

rt of an enterprise deemed advantageous to the public; a subvention; as, a subsidy to the owners of a line of ocean steamships.

perty, according to its value and the relation of the person who succeeds to the previous owner. [Eng.] -- Succession of crops. (Agric.) See Rotation of crops, under Rotation.

y a lawful title, but remains, after his right has expired, without positive leave of the owner. Blackstone. -- On sufferance, by mere toleration; as, to remain in a house on sufferance.

anted by landholders in England, in consideration of a rent, and under reservation of the ownership of the soil. Bouvier. Wharton.

open or vacant spaces. -- Right of support (Law), an easement or servitude by which the owner of a house has a right to rest his timber on the walls of his neighbor's house. Kent.

A mark of ownership cut on the bill or swan. [Eng.] Encyc. Brit.

elonious taking and removing of personal property, with an intent to deprive the rightful owner of the same; larceny.

The right which the owner of a mill possesses, by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding. Erskine.