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Definition of Owelty
1. n. Equality; -- sometimes written ovelty and ovealty.
Definition of Owelty
1. Noun. (legal) equality ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Owelty
1. equality [n OWELTIES] - See also: equality
Lexicographical Neighbors of Owelty
| ovum ovum implantation ovum transport ow ow'st oware owch owche owches owd | owe owed owedness owel owelties owelty (current term) owensite ower owerby owerloup | owerloups owers owes owest oweth owher owie owies owing owing(p) |
Literary usage of Owelty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Equity: A Treatise on the System of Justice Administered by George Tucker Bispham, Sharswood Brinton (1914)
"Courts of equity have power to award owelty in partition, which is a sum of money
or a rent given for the purpose of equalizing the shares.3 For the same ..."
2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"But where, in a partition suit between a father and his children, land apportioned
to the children was charged with owelty to the amount of a debt of the ..."
3. The Law of Real Property and Other Interests in Land by Herbert Thorndike Tiffany (1920)
"Lien for owelty of partition. 664. Implied Hen of grantor (vendor's lien). 665.
Express Hen of grantor. 666. Vendor's Hen before conveyance. 667. ..."
4. A Treatise on the Modern Law of Real Property and Other Interests in Land by Herbert Thorndike Tiffany (1903)
"Lien for owelty of partition. 664. Implied lien of grantor (vendor's lien). ...
(4) The creation of a claim for owelty of partition. (5) It also exists, ..."
5. Cotenancy and Partition: A Treatise on the Law of Co-ownership as it Exists by Abraham Clark Freeman (1874)
"Granting owelty, $ 507. Making Partial Partition, $ 508. Awarding Cotenant his
Improvements, $ 509. Compensating Cotenant for his Improvements, $ 510. ..."
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