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losivants Obs. 
n. pl. in New France, one of several seigneurial rights transplanted with the Coutume de Paris, namely, the right to a twelfth part of the purchase price of every estate changing hands by sale or transfer, abolished with the institution of seigneurial tenure in 1854.
See also: lods et ventes
- 1770 It is required of the Tennants of said Seigneurie to come and satisfy the present Proprietor of whatever may be due of Rents, or Arrears of Rents, Losivants &c. at or before the 11th of November next.
- 1770 It is required of the Tennants of said Seigneurie to come and satisfy the present Proprietor of whatever may be due of Rents, or Arrears of Rents, Losivants &c. at or before the 11th of November next.