Tag: OW
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Owelty
Owelty in United States Owelty Definition The difference which is paid or secured by one coparcener to another for the purpose of equalizing a partition. Litt. § 251; Co. Litt. 169a; 1 Watts (Pa.) 265; 1 Whart. (Pa.) 292; Cruise, Dig. tit. 19, § 32; 1 Vern. 133; Plowd. 134; 16 Viner, Abr. […]
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Owen Wister
Owen Wister in United States Owen Wister (1860-1938), American writer, was born in Philadelphia July 14 1860. He was a grandson of Frances Anne Kemble. On graduating from Harvard in 1882 he intended to devote himself to music. He went abroad for study; but ill-health forced him to return to […]