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Profit

A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

profits. Gain; the gain made in a business or on an investment; the difference between what is received and what is expended: the produce of lands, v.

Mesne profits

Profits a prendre: a right with a profit which one has in the lands of another, such as rights of common, etc. Profits a render: profits which the tenant had to render.