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CONTRECTATION (law) and overthwart(1) (iou)


CONTRECTATION (law)


CONTRECTATION. The ability to be removed. In order to commit a larceny, the property must have been removed. When, from its Nature, it is incapable of property must have been removed. When, from its Nature, it is incapable of contrectation, as Real Estate, there can be no larceny. Bowy. Mod. Civ. Law, contrectation, as Real Estate, there can be no larceny. Bowy. Mod. Civ. Law, 268. See Larceny Furtum est contrectatio rei fraudulosa. Dig. 47, 2. See 268. See Larceny Furtum est contrectatio rei fraudulosa. Dig. 47, 2. See Taking. Taking.

overthwart(1) (iou)



overthwart adjective & noun. obsolete exc. dial. ME.
[formed as OVERTHWART adverb.]
A. adjective.
Lying crosswise or across something else; transverse. ME.
fig. Inclined to cross or oppose; perverse, contentious, contrary, hostile. ME.
(Situated) opposite. M16-L17.
B. absol. as noun.
(A thing lying in) a transverse or cross direction. LME-M17.
(An) opposite point. rare. Only in L17.