It would become government property, most of it, though probably the finders would be allowed a share.

The Alliance wanted television yet feared that it would be damaging to them, as Alliance MPs are allowed such a small share of parliamentary time.

The man who'd gotten the clue went home too, disgruntled because he wouldn't be allowed a share in the credit for Hoddan's actual capture.

Under Roman-Dutch law, which gradually came to be enforced in the Low Country, all children were allowed a share in the inheritance.

You won, but you allowed a greater share of the glory to go to the Sciritai.

It was custom for the bridegroom and his family to pay a coibche (modern spelling: coibhche) and the bride was allowed a share of it.

However, in recent years, new partnership arrangements are allowing Canadian investors a growing share of control of projects produced in Canada and elsewhere.

Thus a Roman Catholic Priest was allowed a distributive share in the property of his natural family.

We were each allowed a share of their venison, and some bread, so that we made a good meal also.

The Government was jubilant, and a cynical deal was struck allowing a share of state-run television profits to the remaining English-language papers.