profit a prendre — profit a pren·dre or profit à prendre / prä fət ä prän dər/ n pl profits à prendre or profits à prendre [Anglo French, literally, profit to be taken]: a right, privilege, or interest that allows one to use the soil or products (as fish and game)… … Law dictionary
profit а prendre — n. French Profit to take. The right to take minerals, soil, trees, animals, or the like from the land of another. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 … Law dictionary
profit à prendre — A right exercised by one person in the soil of another, accompanied with participation in the profits of the soil or right to take a part of the produce of the land. 25 Am J2d Ease § 4. The power and privilege to acquire through severance… … Ballentine's law dictionary
profit à prendre — noun see profit a prendre … Useful english dictionary
profit a prendre — … Useful english dictionary
profit — prof·it n 1: gain in excess of expenditures: as a: the excess of the selling price of goods over their cost b: net income from a business, investment, or capital appreciation compare earnings, loss … Law dictionary
profit — Most commonly, the gross proceeds of a business transaction less the costs of the transaction; i.e. net proceeds. Excess of revenues over expenses for a transaction; sometimes used synonymously with net income for the period. Gain realized from… … Black's law dictionary
Profit (real estate) — A profit (short for profit à prendre in Middle French for right of taking ), in the law of real estate, is a nonpossessory interest in land similar to the better known easement, which gives the holder the right to take natural resources such as… … Wikipedia
profit — See profit a prendre; profits; transaction for profit … Ballentine's law dictionary
profit à rendre — The produce of the soil of his land which the tenant yielded up or rendered to him who had a profit a prendre in the land … Ballentine's law dictionary
