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One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not. Shak.


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The person who has legal Title to property; the person in whom ownership, dominion, or title of property is vested. See also Owner of Record.

 
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    A person who has legal title to property: holder, master, possessor, proprietor. See owned/unowned.

 
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Definition: person who has possession of something
Antonyms: leaser, renter, seller


 
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1. The architect’s client and party to the owner-architect agreement.
2. One who has the legal right or title to a piece of property.


 
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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

The person recognized by the law as having the ultimate control over, and right to use, property as long as the law permits and no agreement or covenant limits his or her rights.

 
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IN BRIEF: To whom something belongs.

pronunciation [The log cabin's] aged owner was sitting in front of the door, smoking a corncob pipe, and when the traveler drew close enough he asked the old man patronizingly: "Lived here all your life?" "Nope," the old mountaineer replied patiently. "Not yet." — James Keller, American religios leader & writer.

 
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ejer

Nederlands (Dutch)
eigenaar, bezitter, reder

Français (French)
n. - propriétaire, possesseur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Besitzer, Eigentümer, Inhaber, Halter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (νόμιμος) ιδιοκτήτης, (νομ.) κύριος

Italiano (Italian)
proprietario

Português (Portuguese)
n. - proprietário (m), dono (m)

Русский (Russian)
владелец, обладатель

Español (Spanish)
n. - propietario, dueño, poseedor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ägare

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
拥有者, 物主

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 擁有者, 物主

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 임자, 선주, 함장

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 所有者, オーナー, 荷主

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المالك‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בעלים, בעל, אדון‬


 
 
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covenant
clerk of the works
owner’s inspector

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