reddendum

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noun

A clause in a deed by which some new thing is reserved out of what had been granted before; the clause by which rent is reserved in a lease.

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Meanings

nounreddendum (plural reddendums or reddenda)

plural reddendums · plural reddenda

  1. lawA clause in a deed by which some new thing is reserved out of what had been granted before; the clause by which rent is reserved in a lease.

    […] the cognizance supposing a preceding gift, the cognizor cannot reserve any thing to himself out of lands, of which he has already conveyed away the absolute property, so that the reddendum comes too late when a precedent absolute gift without any such reservation is before acknowledged.

    1783, William Cruise, An Essay on the Nature and Operation of Fines

Origin

Neuter of Latin reddendus (“that must be given back or yielded”), gerundive of reddere. See reddition.

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reddendum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reddendum

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“reddendum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reddendum. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reddendum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reddendum.

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