in gross
See also: ingross
English
Alternative forms
- in the gross
Prepositional phrase
- Roughly; approximately; generally; without going into details.
- In a large quantity or sum; without division or particulars; by wholesale.
- (law) Held independently of anything else; not annexed to or appended to anything else.
- an easement in gross, a hereditary office held in gross
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “held independently in law”): appurtenant
References
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “in gross”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
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