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Home Dictionary Name: osownership
ownership : the state, relation, or fact of being an owner ;also : the rights or interests of an owner [reduced their by one third] absolute ownership : ownership esp. by a single person that is free of any encumbrances or limitations other than statutory law compare fee simple absolute at fee simple os·ten·si·ble ownership [Ä -sten-sə-bəl] : ownership that is apparent rather than actual and that sometimes is recognized in cases of purchase of the property by an innocent third party [a dispute arising from the dealer's ostensible ownership and sale of the collateral] NOTE: A purchaser from a person with ostensible ownership of property may be able to defeat the claim to the property of the actual owner who created the ostensible ownership. ownership in in·di·vi·sion in the civil law of Louisiana : ownership by two or more persons each having undivided shares in the property as a whole compare community property at property NOTE: Own...
Os
One of the ridges of sand or gravel found in Sweden etc supposed by some to be of marine origin but probably formed by subglacial waters The osar are similar to the kames of Scotland and the eschars of Ireland See Eschar...
Osar
See 3d Os...
osmium
A rare metallic element of the platinum group with atomic number 76 It is found native as an alloy in platinum ore and in iridosmine It is a hard infusible bluish or grayish white metal and the heaviest substance known Its tetroxide is used in histological experiments to stain tissues Symbol Os Atomic weight 1902 Specific gravity 22477...
Anacoluthon, or Anacoluthus
Anacoluthon, or Anacoluthus [fr. 'vak'l'v'os, Gk.], a rhetorical figure, when a word is to answer another is not expressed, Ibid...
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