Prender

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prender \Pren"der\, n. [F. prendre to take, fr. L. prehendere to
     take.] (Law)
     The power or right of taking a thing before it is offered.
     --Burrill.
     [1913 Webster]



From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PRENDER or PRENDRE. To take. This word is used to signify the right of 
  taking a thing before it is offered,; hence the phrase of law, it lies in 
  render, but not in prender. Vide A prendre; and Gale and Whatley on 
  Easements, 1.