Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, a taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law A taking or
reception , as the receiving ofrents ortithes in kind, the receiving of profits.
Etymologies
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Old French prenance, from prendre, prenre, penre, to take, Latin prendere, prehendere.
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Examples
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"perception and pernancy," by the contingency of old
The flush times of Alabama and Mississippi : a series of sketches, 1853
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Againft jointenancy alleged, by confelGng and avoiding it, or b) - pernancy of the profit, and where, f.
Reports of Cases in the Reigns of Hen: VIII. Great Britain Courts 1794
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