Dispose
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
1.
To alienate, direct the ownership of: as, to dispose of property. Includes to barter, exchange, or partition; is broader than sell.* Under the power " to dispose of the property of the United States," Congress may lease the public lands. The nature of the disposal is discretionary.' "Dispose," said of an insolvent, in an attachment law, Includes any intentional putting of property beyond reach of creditors.' To convey by advancement is to dispose;' but to mortgage may not be, within the meaning of a statute.' Disposing mind. Testamentary capacity, q. V. Compare Jus, Disponendi.
3.
To place a dead infant upon a wall in a field is to "secretly dispose" of it.'
See Abandon, 2 (3). 3.
To decide, determine: as, to dispose of a controversy.'"