21.   The minority of policyholders with what is known as nonparticipating policies received no dividends and had no ownership rights.

22.   The reason is that signing away ownership rights does not necessarily relieve a party of obligations under the original note and mortgage, he said.

23.   The original owner is required to sign a release form transferring ownership rights to the company, which then sells it to consumers at a discount.

24.   The two companies are also sparring in court over ownership rights to the Northern Natural Gas pipeline.

25.   They fear that even the slightest change will disrupt ownership rights.

26.   What policyholders give up in the conversion is their ownership rights.

27.   When a drug loses its patent, which grants exclusive ownership rights, less costly generic drugs can quickly eat into brand-name sales.

28.   While the studios retain the bulk of ownership rights, the writers end up with modest profits when or if the shows are successful.

29.   With many mutual insurance companies restructuring to issue stock, a debate over the ownership rights of policyholders has escalated, with billions of dollars at stake.

30.   Opposition deputies Friday boycotted voting on an amendment to the land restitution act, claiming it restricts private ownership rights.