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In conveyancing, the word "over" is used to denote a contingent limitation intended to take effect on the failure of a prior estate. Thus, in what is commonly called the "name and arms clause" in a will or settlement there is generally a proviso that if the devisee fails to comply with the condition the estate is to go to some one else. This is a limitation or gift over. Wats. … [Read more...] about OVER

Stealers of cattle. Cowell. … [Read more...] about OUTPARTERS

Beyond the sea; outside the limits of the state or country. See Gus-tin v. Brattle, Kirby (Conn.) 300. See BEYOND SEA. … [Read more...] about OVER SEA

The twelfth part; the twelfth part of a pound troy or the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois. … [Read more...] about OUNCE

Certain districts or tracts of lands in the Orkney Islands were formerly so called, because each paid an annual tax of one ounce of silver. … [Read more...] about OUNCE LANDS