OWNER

The person in whom is vested the ownership, dominion, or titl~ of property; proprietor. Garver v. Hawkeye Ins. Co., 69 Iowa, 202, 28 N. W. 555.; Turner v. Cro , 83 • Tex. 218, 18 s: W. 578, 15 L. R. A. 262; 1 Coombs v. People, 198 Ill. 586, 64 N. E. 1056; At water v. Spalding, 86 Minn. 101, 90 N. w. 370, 91.A.m. St. Rep. 331. He who has dominion of a thing, real or per• sonal, corporeal or incorporeal which he has a righ! to enjoy a'½1 do with as 'be pleases, even to spoil or destroy 1t, as far a..s the law permits, unle he be prevented by some agreement or covenant which restrains his right. Bouvier. -Equitable owner. One who is recognized in equity as the owner of property, because the real and beneficial use and title belong to 'him, although the bare legal title is vested in another, e. o:J..a trustee for!I.is benefit.-General -owner. Tne general owner of a thing is he who has the primary or residuary title to it; as distinguished from a special owner, ~ho baa a special interest in the same thing, amounting to a qualified ownership, such, for example, as a bailee's lien. Farmers' & Mechanics' Nat. Bank v. Logan, 74 N. Y. 581.-Joint owners. Tw~ or more persons who jointly own and hold titl• to property, e. g., joint ten a.nts.-Legal OWJlo, er, One who is recognized and held respou, sible by the Jaw as the owner of property. IA a more particular sense, one in whom the legal title to real estate is vested, but who holds it in trust for the benefit of another, the latter being called the "equitable" owner.-Pa.rt owners. Joint owners; co-owners; those who have shares of ownership in the same thing, particularl_y a. ve el.-Reputed owner, He who has the general credit or reputation of being the owner or proprietor of goods is said to be the reputed owner. See Santa Cmz Rock Pav. Co. v. Lyons (Cal.) 43 Pac. 601. This 1 phrase is chiefly used in. English bankruptcy practice, where the bankrupt is styled the "reputed owner" of goods lawfully in his po e ion, though the real owner may be another person. ' The word "reputed'' has a much weaker sense than its derivation would ap-pea.r to warrant; importing merely a supposition or opinion derived or made up from outward appearances, and often unsupported by fact.· The term "reputed owner" 1s frequently employed ln this sense. 2 Steph. Comm. 206.-Riparian owner. See RIPABIAN.-Special owner, One who has a special interest in an article of property, amounting to a qualified ownership of it, such, for example, as a bailee's lien; as dist in• guished from the general owner, who has the primary or residuary title to the same thwr: F_raz.ier v. State, 18 TeL. App. 441. [s. 871]