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In Japan, the lost-and-found property system dates to a code written in the year 718. [1] The first modern lost and found office was organized in Paris in 1805. Napoleon ordered his prefect of police to establish it as a central place "to collect all objects found in the streets of Paris", according to Jean-Michel Ingrandt, who was appointed the office's director in 2001. [2]
Property is generally deemed to have been lost if it is found in a place where the true owner likely did not intend to set it down and where it is not likely to be found by the true owner. At common law, the finder of a lost item could claim the right to possess the item against any person except the true owner or any previous possessors.
Lost and Found, a British comedy starring George Segal and Glenda Jackson; Lost and Found: The Story of Cook's Anchor, a 1979 television documentary film by David Lean; Lost and Found, a Hong Kong film directed by Lee Chi-Ngai
"Lost and Found" has generally received positive reviews from music critics. Rolling Stone's David Wild described the track as "a gorgeous ballad about a couple in New York City weathering their own storm as a hurricane sweeps across the coastline." [2] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic noted "Lost and Found" as a highlight from the Think ...
Words with specific British English meanings that have different meanings in American and/or additional meanings common to both languages (e.g. pants, cot) are to be found at List of words having different meanings in American and British English. When such words are herein used or referenced, they are marked with the flag [DM] (different meaning).
For sparinge of a litel cost, Fulofte time a man hath lost, The large cote for the hod. ("For sparing a little cost often a man has lost the large coat for the hood.") [8] [whose translation?] [9] Middle French: Par ung seul clou perd on ung bon cheval. (Modern French: Par seulement un clou, on perd un bon cheval.
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