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noun
The taking of property for the purpose of compensation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
Topics: law
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Goods taken in such a manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English nam, naam, from Old English nām (“seizure of property”), probably from Old Norse nám (“occupation; acquisition, learning, study”, literally “taking”), from Proto-Germanic *nēmō (“taking”), from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to take”). Cognate with Old English nǣm (“taking, acceptance”), Old High German nāma ("seizure, confiscation"; > German Nahme).
