Meaning

The state of being a holder; the condition of having rights to something..

Definitions by Sense

1. The state of being a holder; the condition of having rights to something.
2. The legal right to possess and use something that is owned by someone else.

Example Sentences

This system of penalties shall equally apply to the winners of scratch events, and to the winning of holderships of trophies, but not to the winner of rounds in the C.B.S.A. medal competitions.

Firstly, we want to apply a theory that allows us to handle the question of multiple holderships, i.e. the circumstance in which one person can be described as holder of more than one of the aforementioned aspects, for instance as holder of rights and knowledge and interest.

Any controversy about the holdership of rights granted to 'everyone' is excluded.

The Code gives some indications that it would recognize such partial and limited holderships in due course everywhere;

Services offered include: operating leases, sale-and-lease-backs, remarketing ol used Fokker aircraft, thud party lease management. inspections. airline audits and holderships.

Van der Walt, Houerskap (1985) provides an extensive analysis of the historical development of ownership in relation to the concept of holdership from ancient Roman Law, Germanic Law, Medieval Canon Law through the developments in Germany, the Netherlands and France of the sixteenth century and thereafter, and the reception of the Roman Law in Holland and its application in South Africa.

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• holderships

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