Obventio
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat.
In the civil law. Rent; profits; income; the return from an investment or thing owned; as the earnings of a vessel.
In old English law. The revenue of a spiritual llving, so called. Also, in the plural, "offerings."
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Lat.
In the civil law. Rent; profits; income; the return from an investment or thing owned; as the earnings of a vessel, In old English law. The revenue of a spiritual living, so called. Also, in the plural, “offerings.”
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I. Obvention; rent Occupant A person who takes an owner. General occupant on lands held pur auter vie who might hold them until he entered under the original otherwise, he was termed a