Adv. conditionally &c. (with qualification) 469; provisionally, pro re nata[Lat]; on condition; with a string to it.

#771. Security.-- N. security; guaranty, guarantee; gage, warranty, bond, tie, pledge, plight, mortgage, collateral, debenture, hypothecation, bill of sale, lien, p.a.w.n, pignoration[obs3]; real security; vadium[obs3].

stake, deposit, earnest, handsel, caution.

promissory note; bill, bill of exchange; I.O.U.; personal security, covenant, specialty; parole &c. (promise) 768.

acceptance, indors.e.m.e.nt[obs3], signature, execution, stamp, seal.

sponsor, cosponsor, sponsion[obs3], sponsorship; surety, bail; mainpernor[obs3], hostage; G.o.dchild, G.o.dfather, G.o.dmother.

recognizance; deed of indemnity, covenant of indemnity.

authentication, verification, warrant, certificate, voucher, docket, doquet[obs3]; record &c. 551; probate, attested copy.

receipt; acquittance, quittance; discharge, release.

muniment[obs3], t.i.tle deed, instrument; deed, deed poll; a.s.surance, indenture; charter &c. (compact) 769; charter poll; paper, parchment, settlement, will, testament, last will and testament, codicil.

V. give security, give bail, give substantial bail; go bail; p.a.w.n, imp.a.w.n[obs3], spout, mortgage, hypothecate, impignorate[obs3].

guarantee, warrant, warrantee, a.s.sure; accept, indorse, underwrite, insure;cosign, countersign, sponsor, cosponsor.

execute, stamp; sign, seal &c. (evidence) 467.

let, sett[obs3]; grant a lease, take a lease, hold a lease; hold in pledge; lend on security &c. 787.

Phr. bonis avibus[Lat]; "gone where the woodbine twineth".

#772. Observance.-- N. observance, performance, compliance, acquiescence, concurrence; obedience &c. 743; fulfillment, satisfaction, discharge; acquittance, acquittal.

adhesion, acknowledgment; fidelity &c. (probity) 939; exact &c. 494 - observance.

V. observe, comply with, respect, acknowledge, abide by; cling to, adhere to, be faithful to, act up to; meet, fulfill; carry out, carry into execution; execute, perform, keep, satisfy, discharge; do one's office.

perform an obligation, fulfill an obligation, discharge an obligation, acquit oneself of an obligation; make good; make good one's word, make good one's promise, keep one's word, keep one's promise; redeem one's pledge; keep faith with, stand to one's engagement.

Adj. observant, faithful, true, loyal; honorable &c. 939; true as the dial to the sun, true as the needle to the pole; punctual, punctilious; literal &c. (exact) 494; as good as one's word.

Adv. faithfully &c. adj.

Phr. ignoscito saepe alteri nunquam tibi[Lat]; tempori parendum[Lat]; "to G.o.d, thy country, and thy friend be true" [Vaughan].

#773. Non.o.bservance.-- N. non.o.bservance &c. 772; evasion, in.o.bservance, failure, omission, neglect, laches[Law], laxity, informality.

infringement, infraction; violation, transgression; piracy.

retraction, retractation[obs3], repudiation, nullification; protest; forfeiture.

lawlessness; disobedience &c. 742; bad faith &c. 940.

V. fail, neglect, omit, elude, evade, give the go-by to, set aside, ignore; shut one's eyes to, close one's eyes to.

infringe, transgress, violate, pirate, break, trample under foot, do violence to, drive a coach and six through.

discard, protest, repudiate, fling to the winds, set at naught, nullify, declare null and void; cancel &c. (wipe off) 552.

retract, go back from, be off, forfeit, go from one's word, palter; stretch a point, strain a point.

Adj. violating &c. v.; lawless, transgressive; elusive, evasive.

unfulfilled &c. (see fulfill &c. 772).

#774. Compromise.-- N. compromise, commutation, composition; middle term, mezzo termine[It]; compensation &c. 30; abatement of differences, adjustment, mutual concession.

V. compromise, commute, compound; take the mean; split the difference, meet one halfway, give and take; come to terms &c. (contract) 769; submit to arbitration, abide by arbitration; patch up, bridge over, arrange; straighten out, adjust, differences, agree; make the best of, make a virtue of necessity; take the will for the deed.

-- Section IV. POSSESSIVE RELATIONS -- -- 1. Property in general --

#775. Acquisition.-- N. acquisition; gaining &c. v.; obtainment; procuration[obs3], procurement; purchase, descent, inheritance; gift &c.

784.

recovery, retrieval, revendication[obs3], replevin[Law], rest.i.tution &c. 790; redemption, salvage, trover[Law].

find, trouvaille[obs3], foundling.

gain, thrift; money-making, money grubbing; lucre, filthy lucre, pelf; loaves and fishes, the main chance; emolument &c. (remuneration) 973.

profit, earnings, winnings, innings, pickings, net profit; avails; income &c. (receipt) 810; proceeds, produce, product; outcome, output; return, fruit, crop, harvest; second crop, aftermath; benefit &c. (good) 618.

sweepstakes, trick, prize, pool; pot; wealth &c. 803.

subreption[obs3][Fraudulent acquisition]; obreption[obs3]; stealing &c. 791.

V. acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather; collect &c.

(a.s.semble) 72; pick, pickup; glean.

find; come upon, pitch upon, light upon; sc.r.a.pe up, sc.r.a.pe together; get in, reap and carry, net, bag, sack, bring home, secure; derive, draw, get in the harvest.

profit; make profit, draw profit, turn a quick profit; turn to profit, turn to account; make capital out of, make money by; obtain a return, reap the fruits of; reap an advantage, gain an advantage; turn a penny, turn an honest penny; make the pot boil, bring grist to the mill; make money, coin money, raise money; raise funds, raise the wind; fill one's pocket &c.

(wealth) 803.

treasure up &c. (store) 636; realize, clear; produce &c. 161; take &c.

789.

get back, recover, regain, retrieve, revendicate[obs3], replevy[Law], redeem, come by one's own.

come by, come in for; receive &c. 785; inherit; step into a fortune, step into the shoes of; succeed to.

get hold of, get between one's finger and thumb, get into one's hand, get at; take possession, come into possession, enter into possession.

be profitable &c. adj.; pay, answer.

accrue &c. (be received) 785.

Adj. acquiring, acquired &c. v.; profitable, advantageous, gainful, remunerative, paying, lucrative.

Phr. lucri causa[Lat].

#776. Loss.-- N. loss; deperdition[obs3], perdition; forfeiture, lapse.

privation, bereavement; deprivation &c. (dispossession) 789; riddance; damage, squandering, waste.

V. lose; incur a loss, experience a loss, meet with a loss; miss; mislay, let slip, allow to slip through the fingers; be without &c.

(exempt) 777a; forfeit.

get rid of &c. 782; waste &c. 638.

be lost; lapse.

Adj. losing &c. v.; not having &c. 777a.

shorn of, deprived of; denuded, bereaved, bereft, minus, cut off; dispossessed &c. 789; rid of, quit of; out of pocket.

lost &c. v.; long lost; irretrievable &c. (hopeless) 859; off one's hands.

Int. farewell to! adieu to.

#777. Possession.-- N. possession, seizin[Law], seisin[Law]; ownership &c. 780; occupancy; hold, holding; tenure, tenancy, feodality[obs3], dependency; villenage, villeinage[obs3]; socage[obs3], chivalry, knight service.

exclusive possession, impropriation[obs3], monopoly, retention &c.781; prepossession, preoccupancy[obs3]; nine points of the law; corner, usucaption[obs3].

future possession, heritage, inheritance, heirship, reversion, fee, seigniority[obs3]; primogeniture, ultimogeniture[obs3].

futures contract[right of future possession; financial instruments], warrant, put, call, option; right of first refusal.

bird in hand, uti possidetis[Lat], chose in possession.

V. possess, have, hold, occupy, enjoy; be possessed of &c. adj.; have in hand &c. adj.; own &c. 780; command.

inherit; come to, come in for.

engross, monopolize, forestall, regrate[obs3], impropriate[obs3], have all to oneself; corner; have a firmhold of &c. (retain) 781[obs3]; get into one's hand &c. (acquire) 775.

belong to, appertain to, pertain to; be in one's possession &c. adj.; vest in.

Adj. possessing &c. v.; worth; possessed of, seized of, master of, in possession of; usucapient[obs3]; endowed with, blest with, instinct with, fraught with, laden with, charged with.

possessed &c. v.; on hand, by one; in hand, in store, in stock; in one's hands, in one's grasp, in one's possession; at one's command, at one's disposal; one's own &c. (property) 780.

unsold, unshared.

Phr. entbehre gern was du nicht hast[Ger]; meum et tuum[Lat]; tuum est[Lat].

#777a. Exemption.-- N. exemption; absence &c. 187; exception, immunity, privilege, release.

V. not have &c. 777; be without &c. adj.; excuse.