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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
Hindrance; obstacle; obstruction. To lease; to grant the use and possession of a thing for compensation. It is the correlative of hire. As an operative word in a lease, it is synonymous with demise; 12 M. & W. 68: 13 L. J. Ex. 135; 1 C. P. D. 152; 45 L. J. C. P. 405. See Demise; Hire. To award a contract of some work to a proposer, after proposals have been received.
Eppes V, R. Co., 35 Ala. 33.