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OWNER OF RECORD

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The owner of an asset or real estate which is recorded in official public records. … [Read more...]

OWNERSHIP

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The complete dominion, title, or proprietary right in a thing or claim. See PROPERTY. The ownership of a thing is the right of one or more persons to possess and use it to the exclusion of others. In this Code, the thing of which there may be ownership is called "property." Civ. Code Cal { 654. Ownership is the right by which a thing belongs to some one in particular, to the … [Read more...]

OWNERSHIP IN COMMON

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Joint ownership where, at death of an owner, that owner's share may pass to the heirs of the deceased. … [Read more...]

OXER

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In Scotch law. Usury; the taking of interest for money, contrary to law. Bell. … [Read more...]

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