Holding - Law Dictionary Search Results

Clamp

Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together a piece of wood or

holder 1 : a person that holds: as a : owner

a contract by which one party conveys to another to hold as owner a tract of land or other immovable property

an estate (as a life estate) that he or she holds called also power appurtenant power cou·pled with an interest :

enforcing the law [a police ] 2 : one who holds an office of trust, authority, or command [the directors, s,

by governmental authority and for a public purpose [qualified to hold public ] ;broadly : a special duty or position of

harm, liability, or loss often used in the phrase to hold harmless see also hold harmless 2 : lacking capacity or

fairness b : conforming to a standard of virtue [shall hold their offices during behavior "U.S. Constitution art. III"] ;also :

anchor with four or five flukes or claws used to hold boats or small vessels hence any instrument designed to grapple

The memory in a computer that holds programs and data for rapid access during execution of a