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Definition of Share-out

1. Noun. A distribution in shares.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Share-out

Literary usage of Share-out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ancient laws of Ireland by Ireland, John O'Donovan, Eugene O'Curry, William Neilson Hancock, Thaddeus O'Mahony, Alexander George Richey, William Maunsell Hennessy, Robert Atkinson (1901)
"There ia nothing out of the living chattels at any time, in the circuit of grazing ; but there is levying-share out of them beyond the grazing circuit ..."

2. Ancient laws of Ireland by Ireland, John O'Donovan, Eugene O'Curry, William Neilson Hancock, Thaddeus O'Mahony, Alexander George Richey, William Maunsell Hennessy, Robert Atkinson (1901)
"There is a waif-share out of living chattels within the territory, and out of dead chattels whether within or without the territory. ..."

3. The Probate Records of Lincoln County, Maine, 1760 to 1800 by William Davis Patterson (1895)
"... Share out of my Estate. Item. I give and bequeath unto my well beloved Son Otis Robins the Sum of Five Shillings to be paid to him by my Executors which ..."

4. The Ontario Reports: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the Queen's by Ontario High Court of Justice, Ontario, High Court of Justice (1884)
"... was to be divided into four equal shares, and he was to get the income of one share until he attained thirty, when he was to get liis share out and out. ..."

5. The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary by Edward Tregear (1891)
"Samoan—tufa, to divide, to share out, to distribute; tufa'aga, a division, a portion, a share of food ..."

6. The Canada Law Journal by Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association (1884)
"... when he was to get his share out and out. The other three shares were to be invested, and .the income arising therefrom was to be added to each until ..."

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