Take
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A technical expression which signifies to receive; as, a devisee will take under the will. The devisee takes only when the possession of the testator has ceased.
41 N. J. Law, 70.
To seize; as, to take and carry away, either lawfully or unlawfully. To choose; e. g., ad capiendas assisas, to choose a jury. To obtain;, e. g., to take a verdict in court, to get a verdict, mediate estate, with expectant estates following, or the first of a line of grantees.