obtain

to gain or attain possession," Webster's Third New International Dictionary 1559, and money or property is no less "obtained" simply because something else is given in return.

To get hold of; to obtain possession of; to acquire; to maintain a hold upon; to keep; to possess. 39 111. App. 662. OBTEMPERANDUM EST CONSUETUdini rationabili tanquam legi. A reasonable custom is to be obeyed like law. 4 Coke, 38. OBTORTO COLLO (Lat.)

In Roman law. Taking by the neck or collar; as a plaintiff was allowed to drag a reluctant defendant to court. Adams, Rom. Ant. 242; Gilb. For. Rom. 20. OBTULIT SE (Lat. offered himself).

In old practice. The emphatic words of entry on the record where one party offered himself in court against the other, and the latter did not appear. 1 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 417. OBVENTIO (Lat. obvenire, to fall in). In Civil Law. Rent or profit accruing from a thing, or from industry. It is generally used in the plural. In Old English Law. The revenue of spiritual living, so called. Cowell. Also, in the plural, offerings. 2 Inst. 661.

See Acquire. In a statute punishing false pretenses, may refer to obtaining some benefit to the party, rather than to defrauding or depriving another of his property.'