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ˈpart-ˌowner
(Also stressed ˌpart-ˈowner.)
[f. part adv. c + owner: = owner in part.]
One who owns something in common with another or others; each of two or more joint-owners or tenants in common. Hence (stress variable) part-own v. trans.; part-ownership.
1562Act 5 Eliz. c. 5 §8 Bottoms whereof..Strangers born then be Owners, Shipmasters or Part-owners. c1677in Marvell Growth Popery (1678) 62 The John and Elizabeth, English built, Thomas Rising, Master and part-Owner. 1817W. Selwyn Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 1273 If one of two part-owners of a chattel sue alone for a tort, and the defendant do not plead in abatement, the other part-owner may after⁓wards sue alone. 1884Sir W. B. Brett in Law Rep. 16 Queen's Bench Div. 65 A part-owner might be compelled to incur expense against his will. 1890Act 53 & 54 Vict. c. 39 §2 Joint tenancy, tenancy in common, joint property, common property, or part ownership does not of itself create a partnership as to anything so held or owned. 1969R. Esser Hot Potato 42 He..part-owned a night club. 1974Listener 10 Oct. 460/3 A mainly middle-class constituency was told of his part-ownership of a factory. 1975D. Bloodworth Clients of Omega iv. 31 This mighty organization..covers two thousand factories, banks and businesses... It part-owns a high percentage of them. 1977M. T. Bloom Thirteenth Man (1978) ii. 26 Now he was wealthy enough to have..part-ownership of a private bank. |