rent seck

noun

A right to receive rent where the tenant's goods cannot be seized as security for the payment of rent.

OriginMiddle English rent sek ← Anglo-Norman rente sec; sec rente ← Latin siccus →
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Meanings

nounrent seck (plural rents seck)

plural rents seck

  1. A right to receive rent where the tenant's goods cannot be seized as security for the payment of rent.

Origin

  1. Latinsiccus
  2. Anglo-Normanrente sec; sec rente
  3. Middle Englishrent sek
  4. Englishrent seck

From late Middle English rent sek, from Anglo-Norman rente sec; sec rente (literally “dry rent”), ultimately from Latin siccus. Compare Middle English secce (“dry”).

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