lease for lives

noun

A kind of lease for a term of years determinable, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries, which typically named three individuals – the "lives" – and determined upon the death of all three.

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Meanings

nounlease for lives (plural leases for lives)

plural leases for lives · alternative lease of lives

  1. EnglandWaleshistoricallawA kind of lease for a term of years determinable, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries, which typically named three individuals – the "lives" – and determined upon the death of all three.
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