previous owner

collocation in English

meaningsofpreviousandowner

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previous
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈpriː.vi.əs/us
/ˈpriː.vi.əs/
happening or existing before something or ...
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owner
noun[C]
uk
/ˈəʊ.nər/us
/ˈoʊ.nɚ/
someone who ...
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(Definition ofpreviousandownerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprevious owner

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However, most of the retirement agreements in this period were not between the new farmer and thepreviousownerbut between thepreviousownerand somebody else.
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But such prima facia rights in no way exempt an inheritor from holding the property on precisely the terms on which itspreviousownerheld it.
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A retirement contract had the legal status of a mortgage on the land (a prior claim) and it could therefore secure the position of thepreviousowneragainst eviction.
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Julien meanwhile becomes reluctantly embroiled in a betting racket established by thepreviousowner.
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I wonder whether this point could be considered again to see whether there is any alternative formula more satisfactory to thepreviousowner.
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Thepreviousownercould object only on planning grounds, that is, on the ground that the site was not suitable for the development.
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A predecessor in title is apreviousownerof the interest which now belongs to the landlord.
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I have bought farms at £9 an acre for which thepreviousownerhad paid £30 an acre.
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The normal rules for disposal will be followed including, where necessary, first offering sites back to the current orpreviousowner.
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Because the company, which is the person who owns the business, is not the husband or the wife of thepreviousowner.
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It is perfectly clear that that action of thepreviousownerof the land has directly increased its value.
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Thepreviousownerwas willing to trim the trees but not enough to make any difference to us.
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When those funds are finished, thepreviousownercan abandon the property, and no remedy can be taken against the company.
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Where those responsibilities have not passed to another, of course they remain the responsibilities of thepreviousowner.
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We recognise therefore that there may be a claim to intimacy associated with thepreviousownerof the entire house.
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The object is one which has been conditionally exempt from capital transfer tax at the death of apreviousowner.
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It said that a salesman would watch for empty properties and then fill in a transfer form, using the name of thepreviousowner.
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The land was finally sold back at the appropriate price to thepreviousowner, together with the hangars.
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Let us suppose then, that thepreviousownerof the reversion died three or four years ago.
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It is possible that apreviousownercould have given the first notice and, therefore, the exemption of the earlier owner could also have failed.
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