"Acquire" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
In the law of contracts and of descents; to become the owner of proper-ty; to make property one’s own. wulzen v. San Francisco, 101 CaL 15, 35 Pac. 353, 40 Am. SL Rep. 17
To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as
one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or
bad habits.
This is where we should start focusing this conversation: how men (as readers, critics, and editors) can start to bear the responsibility for becoming better, broader readers.
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In Roman law. The perfect conveyance or transfer of property from one Roman citizen to another. Thls term gave place …
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Read the complete definitionThe taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
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Read the complete definitionIn the clvll law. An adjudication. The judgment of the court that the subject-matter Ib the property of one of …
Read the complete definitionTo accept, appropriate, choose, or select; to make that one’s own (property or act) which was not so originally
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Read the complete definitionOne in favor of an equal division of landed property.
Read the complete definitionLat From the slde. In connection with the succession to property, the term means “collateral.” Bract fol. 20b. Also, sometlmes, …
Read the complete definitionIn real property law. The transfer of tlie property and possession of lands, tenements, or other things, from one person …
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Read the complete definitionOne to whom the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to alienor.
Read the complete definitionOne who alienates or transfers property to another.
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Read the complete definitionIn Scotch law. To approve and reject; to take advantage of one part, and reject the rest Bell. Equity suffers …
Read the complete definition1. To make a thing one's own; to make a thing the subject of property; to exercise dominion over an …
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