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#773. Nonobservance.-- N. nonobservance

• evasion

• inobservance

• failure

• omission

• neglect

• laches[Law]

• laxity

• informality

• infringement

• infraction

• violation

• transgression

• piracy

• retraction

• repudiation

• nullification

• protest;

• forfeiture

• lawlessness

• disobedience

• bad faith

• V. fail

• neglect

• omit

• elude

• evade

• give the go-by to

• set aside

• ignore

• shut one's eyes to

• close one's eyes to

• infringe

• transgress

• violate

• pirate

• break

• trample under foot

• do

• violence to

• drive a coach and six through

• discard

• protest

• repudiate

• fling to the winds

• set at naught

• nullify

• declare null and void

• cancel

• retract

• go back from

• be off

• forfeit

• go from one's word

• palter;

• stretch a point

• strain a point

• Adj. violating

• lawless

• transgressive

• elusive

• evasive

• unfulfilled

#774. Compromise.-- N. compromise

• commutation

• composition

• middle

• term

• mezzo termine[It]

• compensation

• abatement of differences

• adjustment

• mutual concession

• V. compromise

• commute

• compound

• take the mean

• split the difference

• meet one halfway

• give and take

• come to terms

• submit

• to arbitration

• abide by arbitration

• patch up

• bridge over

• arrange;

• straighten out

• adjust

• differences

• agree

• make the best of

• make a virtue

• of necessity

• take the will for the deed

#775. Acquisition.-- N. acquisition

• gaining

• obtainment;

• procurement

• purchase

• descent

• inheritance

• gift

• 784

• recovery

• retrieval

• replevin[Law]

• restitution

• redemption

• salvage

• trover[Law]

• find

• foundling

• gain

• thrift

• money-making

• money grubbing

• lucre

• filthy lucre

• pelf;

• loaves and fishes

• the main chance

• emolument

• profit

• earnings

• winnings

• innings

• pickings

• net profit

• avails;

• income

• proceeds

• produce

• product

• outcome

• output;

• return

• fruit

• crop

• harvest

• second crop

• aftermath

• benefit

• 618

• sweepstakes

• trick

• prize

• pool

• pot

• wealth

• stealing

• V. acquire

• get

• gain

• win

• earn

• obtain

• procure

• gather

• collect

• (assemble)

• pick

• pickup

• glean

• find

• come upon

• pitch upon

• light upon

• scrape up

• scrape together;

• get in

• reap and carry

• net

• bag

• sack

• bring home

• secure

• derive

• draw

• get in the harvest

• profit

• make profit

• draw profit

• turn a quick profit

• turn to profit

• turn to account

• make capital out of

• make money by

• obtain a return

• reap

• the fruits of

• reap an advantage

• gain an advantage

• turn a penny

• turn an

• honest penny

• make the pot boil

• bring grist to the mill

• make money

• coin

• money

• raise money

• raise funds

• raise the wind

• fill one's pocket

• (wealth) 803

• treasure up

• realize

• clear

• produce

• take

• 789

• get back

• recover

• regain

• retrieve

• replevy[Law]

• redeem

• come by one's own

• come by

• come in for

• receive

• inherit

• step into a fortune

• step into the shoes of

• succeed to

• get hold of

• get between one's finger and thumb

• get into one's hand

• get at

• take possession

• come into possession

• enter into possession

• be profitable

• pay

• answer

• accrue

• Adj. acquiring

• acquired

• profitable

• advantageous

• gainful

• remunerative

• paying

• lucrative

• Phr. lucri causa[Lat]

#776. Loss.-- N. loss

• perdition

• forfeiture

• lapse

• privation

• bereavement

• deprivation

• riddance;

• damage

• squandering

• waste

• V. lose

• incur a loss

• experience a loss

• meet with a loss

• miss;

• mislay

• let slip

• allow to slip through the fingers

• be without

• (exempt) 777a

• forfeit

• get rid of

• waste

• be lost

• lapse

• Adj. losing

• not having

• shorn of

• deprived of

• denuded

• bereaved

• bereft

• minus

• cut off;

• dispossessed

• rid of

• quit of

• out of pocket

• lost

• long lost

• irretrievable

• off one's

• hands

• Int. farewell to! adieu to

• <-- emphasize the abstract meaning of possession - legal possession

• as a

• distinct entity from physical possession

• stewardship -->

#777. Possession.-- N. possession

• seizin[Law]

• seisin[Law]

• ownership

• occupancy

• hold

• holding

• tenure

• tenancy

• dependency

• villenage

• chivalry

• knight

• service

• exclusive possession

• monopoly

• retention

• prepossession

• nine points of the law

• corner

• future possession

• heritage

• inheritance

• heirship

• reversion

• fee

• primogeniture

• futures contract[right of future possession

• financial instruments]

• warrant

• put

• call

• option

• right of first refusal

• bird in hand

• uti possidetis[Lat]

• chose in possession

• V. possess

• have

• hold

• occupy

• enjoy

• be possessed of

• have

• in hand

• own

• command

• inherit

• come to

• come in for

• engross

• monopolize

• forestall

• have

• all to oneself

• corner

• have a firmhold of

• get into

• one's hand

• belong to

• appertain to

• pertain to

• be in one's possession

• vest in

• Adj. possessing

• worth

• possessed of

• seized of

• master of

• in

• possession of

• endowed with

• blest with

• instinct with

• fraught with

• laden with

• charged with

• possessed

• on hand

• by one

• in hand

• in store

• in stock

• in

• one's hands

• in one's grasp

• in one's possession

• at one's command

• at

• one's disposal

• one's own

• unsold

• unshared

• Phr. entbehre gern was du nicht hast[Ger]

• meum et tuum[Lat]

• tuum

• est[Lat]

#777a. Exemption.-- N. exemption

• absence

• exception

• immunity

• privilege

• release

• V. not have

• be without

• excuse

• Adj. exempt from

• devoid of

• without

• unblest

• immune from

• not having

• untenanted

• without an owner

• unacquired

#778. [Joint possession.] Participation.-- N. participation;

• joint tenancy

• occupancy in common

• possession in common

• tenancy in common

• joint stock

• common stock

• co-partnership

• partnership;

• communion

• community of possessions

• community of goods

• communism

• socialism

• cooperation

• snacks

• coportion|

• picnic

• co-heirship

• co-

• co-parcenary

• participator

• sharer

• co-partner

• partner

• shareholder

• co-tenant

• joint tenant

• tenants in common

• co-heir

• communist

• socialist

• V. participate

• partake

• share

• share in

• come in for a share

• go

• shares

• go snacks

• go halves

• share and share alike

• have in common

• possess in common

• be seized in common

• have as joint

• tenants

• possess as joint tenants

• be seized as joint tenants

• join in

• have a hand in

• Adj. partaking

• communistic

• Adv. share and share alike

#779. Possessor.-- N. possessor

• holder

• occupant

• occupier

• tenant;

• person in possession

• man in possession

• renter

• lodger

• lessee

• tenant on sufferance

• tenant

• at will

• tenant from year to year

• tenant for years

• tenant for life

• owner

• proprietor

• proprietress

• proprietary

• master

• mistress

• lord

• land holder

• land owner

• landlord

• land lady

• slumlord

• lord of the

• manor

• lord paramount

• heritor

• laird

• landed gentry

• mesne

• planter

• beneficiary

• mortgagor

• grantee

• releasee[Law]

• devisee;

• legatee

• trustee

• holder

• mortgagee

• right owner

• rightful owner

• [Future possessor] heir presumptive

• heir apparent

• heiress;

• inheritor

• inheritress

• inheritrix

#780. Property.-- N. property

• possession

• suum cuique[Lat]

• meum et

• tuum[Lat]

• ownership

• proprietorship

• lordship

• empire

• (dominion) 737

• interest

• stake

• estate

• right

• title

• claim

• demand

• holding

• tenure

• vested interest

• contingent interest

• beneficial

• interest

• equitable interest

• use

• trust

• benefit

• legal estate

• equitable

• estate

• seizin[Law]

• seisin[Law]

• absolute interest

• paramount estate

• freehold

• fee tail

• fee simple;

• estate in fee

• estate in tail

• estate tail

• estate in tail male

• estate in

• tail female

• estate in tail general

• limitation

• term

• lease

• settlement

• strict settlement

• particular

• estate

• estate for life

• estate for years

• remainder

• reversion

• expectancy

• possibility

• dower

• dowry

• appanage

• inheritance

• heritage

• patrimony

• alimony

• legacy

• Falcidian law

• paternal estate

• thirds

• assets

• belongings

• means

• resources

• circumstances

• wealth

• money

• what one is worth

• what one will cut up for

• estate and

• effects

• landed property

• landed real estate property

• realty

• land

• lands;

• tenements

• hereditaments

• corporeal hereditaments

• incorporeal

• hereditaments

• acres

• ground

• messuage

• territory

• state

• kingdom

• principality

• realm

• empire

• protectorate

• sphere of influence

• manor

• honor

• domain

• demesne

• farm

• plantation

• hacienda

• allodium

• fief

• feud

• dependency

• ranch

• free lease-holds

• copy lease-holds

• chattels real;

• fixtures

• plant

• heirloom

• easement

• right of common

• right of user

• personal property

• personal estate

• personal effects

• personalty

• chattels

• goods

• effects

• movables

• stock

• stock in trade

• things

• traps

• rattletraps

• paraphernalia

• equipage

• parcels

• appurtenances

• impedimenta

• luggage

• baggage

• bag and baggage

• pelf

• cargo

• lading

• rent roll

• income

• maul and wedges [U.S.]

• patent

• copyright

• chose in action

• credit

• debt

• V. possess

• be the possessor

• own

• have for one's

• own

• have for one's very own

• come in for

• inherit

• savor of the realty

• be one's property

• belong to

• appertain to

• pertain to

• Adj. one's own

• landed

• manorial

• free

• lease-hold

• copy lease-hold

• feudal

• Adv. to one's credit

• to one's account

• to the good

• to one and his heirs for ever

• to one and the heirs of his body

• to

• one and his heirs and assigns

• to one and his executors administrators and

• assigns

#781. Retention.-- N. retention

• retaining

• keep

• detention

• custody

• tenacity

• firm hold

• grasp

• gripe

• grip

• iron grip

• fangs

• teeth

• claws

• talons

• nail

• unguis

• hook

• tentacle

• tenaculum;

• bond

• clutches

• tongs

• forceps

• pincers

• nippers

• pliers

• vice

• paw

• hand

• finger

• wrist

• fist

• bird in hand

• captive

• V. retain

• keep

• hold fast one's own

• hold tight one's own

• hold fast

• one's ground

• hold tight one's ground

• clinch

• clench

• clutch

• grasp

• gripe

• hug

• have a firm hold of

• secure

• withhold

• detain

• hold back

• keep back

• keep close

• husband

• reserve

• have in stock

• have on hand

• keep in stock

• (possess) 77

• entail

• tie up

• settle

• Adj. retaining

• retentive

• tenacious

• undeprived

• undisposed

• uncommunicated

• incommunicable

• inalienable

• in strict settlement

• Phr. uti possidetis[Lat]

#782. Relinquishment.-- N. relinquishment

• abandonment

• course) 6

• renunciation

• expropriation|!

• dereliction

• cession

• surrender

• dispensation

• quitclaim deed

• resignation

• riddance

• derelict

• foundling

• jetsam

• waif

• discards

• culls

• rejects

• garbage

• refuse

• rubbish

• V. relinquish

• give up

• surrender

• yield

• cede

• let go

• let slip;

• spare

• drop

• resign

• forego

• renounce

• abandon

• expropriate|!

• give away

• dispose of

• part with

• lay aside

• lay apart

• lay down

• lay on the shelf

• (disuse) 67

• set aside

• put aside

• put away

• make away with

• cast behind;

• maroon

• give notice to quit

• give warning

• supersede

• be rid of

• get rid of

• be quit of

• get quit of

• eject

• rid oneself of

• disburden oneself of

• divest oneself of

• dispossess

• oneself of

• wash one's hands of

• discard

• cast off

• dismiss

• cast away

• throw away

• pitch away

• fling

• away

• cast aside

• cast overboard

• cast to the dogs

• throw aside

• throw

• overboard

• throw to the dogs

• pitch aside

• pitch overboard

• pitch to the

• dogs

• fling aside

• fling overboard

• fling to the dogs

• cast to the winds

• throw to the winds

• sweep to the winds

• put away

• turn away

• sweep away;

• jettison

• reject

• quit one's hold

• quitclaim

• Adj. relinquished

• cast off

• derelict

• unowned

• unappropriated

• unculled

• left

• Int. away with!

• 2. Transfer of Property

#783. Transfer.-- N. transfer

• conveyance

• assignment

• alienation

• demise

• limitation

• transmission

• bargain and sale

• lease and

• release

• exchange

• barter

• substitution

• 147

• succession

• reversion

• shifting use

• shifting trust

• devolution

• V. transfer

• convey

• alienate

• alien

• assign

• grant

• consign

• make over

• hand over

• pass

• hand

• transmit

• negotiate

• hand down;

• exchange

• change hands

• change hands from one to another

• devolve

• succeed

• come

• into possession

• disinherit

• dispossess

• substitute

• Adj. alienable

• negotiable

• Phr. estate coming into possession

#784. Giving.-- N. giving

• bestowal

• donation

• presentation

• presentment

• accordance

• concession

• delivery

• consignment

• dispensation

• communication

• endowment

• investment

• investiture

• award

• charity

• liberality

• generosity

• [Thing given] gift

• donation

• present

• fairing

• free

• gift

• boon

• favor

• benefaction

• grant

• offering

• oblation

• sacrifice

• immolation

• lagniappe [U.S.]

• grace

• act of grace

• bonus

• allowance

• contribution

• subscription

• subsidy

• tribute

• subvention

• bequest

• legacy

• devise

• will

• dot

• appanage;

• voluntary settlement

• voluntary conveyance

• amortization

• alms

• largess

• bounty

• dole

• sportule|

• help

• oblation

• offertory

• honorarium

• gratuity

• Peter pence

• Christmas box

• Easter offering

• drink money

• pourboire

• trinkgeld[Ger]

• fee

• consideration

• bribe

• bait

• ground bait

• peace offering

• handsel

• boodle*

• graft

• grease*;blat[Russian]

• giver

• grantor

• donor

• settlor

• V. deliver

• hand

• pass

• put into the hands of

• hand over

• make over

• deliver over

• pass over

• turn over

• assign dower

• present

• give away

• dispense

• dispose of

• give out

• deal out

• dole

• out

• mete out

• fork out

• squeeze out

• pay

• render

• impart

• communicate

• concede

• cede

• yield

• part with

• shed

• cast

• spend

• give

• bestow

• confer

• grant

• accord

• award

• assign

• intrust

• consign

• vest in

• make a present

• allow

• contribute

• subscribe

• furnish its quota

• invest

• endow

• settle upon

• bequeath

• leave

• devise

• furnish

• supply

• help

• administer to

• afford

• spare

• accommodate with

• indulge with

• favor with

• shower down upon

• lavish

• pour on

• thrust upon

• tip

• bribe

• tickle the palm

• grease the palm

• offer

• sacrifice

• immolate

• Adj. giving

• given

• allowed

• allowable;

• communicable

• charitable

• eleemosynary

• sportulary|

• tributary

• gratis

• Phr. auctor pretiosa facit[Lat]

• ex dono[Lat]

• res est ingeniosa dare

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