Legal Term Dictionary

Lat In old English law. To renew. Annuatim renovare, to renew annually. A phrase applied to profits which are taken and the product renewed again. Anib. 13L

Lat In old English law. To renew. Annuatim renovare, to renew annually. A phrase applied to profits which are taken and the product renewed again. Anib. 13L Less...

At common low. A certain profit issuing yearly out of lands and tenements corporeal; a species of incorporeal hereditament. 2 Bl. Comm. 41. A compensation or return yielded periodically, to a certain amount, out of the profits of some corporeal hereditaments, by the tenant thereof. 2 Steph. Comm. 23. A More...

At common low. A certain profit issuing yearly out of lands and tenements corporeal; a species of incorporeal hereditament. 2 Bl. Comm. 41. A compensation or return yielded periodically, to a certain amount, out of the profits of some corporeal hereditaments, by the tenant thereof. 2 Steph. Comm. 23. A certain yearly profit in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements, in retribution for the use. 3 Kent, Comm. 460. The compensation, either in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, received by the owner of the soil from the occupant thereof. Jack. & G. Landl. A Ten. ? 3a And see Lombard v. Boyden, 5 Allen (Mass.) 254; Bledsoe v. Nixon, 60 N. C. 89 ; Fisk v. Bray-man, 21 R. I. 195, 42 Ati. 878; Clarke v. Cobb, 121 Cal. 595, 54 Pac. 74; Parsell v. Stryker, 41 N. Y. 483 ; Otis v. Conway, 114 N. Y. 13, 20 N. E. 628 ; Payn v. Beal, 4 Denio (N. Y.) 412; Van Wicklen v. Paulson, 14 Barb. (N. Y.) 655. In Louisiana. The contract of rent of lands Is a contract by which one of the parties conveys and cedes to the other a tract of land, or any other immovable property, and stipulates that the latter shall hold it as owner, but reserving to the former an annual rent of a certain sum of money, or of a certain quantity of fruits, which the other party binds himself to pay him. It is of the essence of this conveyance that it be made in perpetuity. If it be made for a limited time, it is a lease. Civ. Code La. arts. 2779, 2780. -Pee farm rent. A rent charge issuing out of an estate in fee; a perpetual rent reserved on a conveyance of land in fee simple.-Ground rent. See GROUND.-Quit rent. Certain established rents of the freeholders and ancient copyholders of manors were so called, because by their payment the tenant was free and "quit" of all other services.-Rack rent. A rent of the full annual value of the tenement or near it. 2 Bl. Comm. o 43.-Rent-charge* This arises where the owner of the rent has no future interest or reversion in the land. It is usually created by deed or will, and is accompanied with powers of distress and entry.- Rent-roll. A list of rents payable to a particular person or public body.-Rent seek. Barren rent; a rent reserved by deed, but with* out any clause of distress. 2 Bl. Comm. 42; 3 Kent, Comm. 401.-Rent-service. This consisted of fealty, together with a certain rent, and was the only kind of rent originally known to the common law. It was so called because it was given as a compensation for the services to which the land was originally liable. Brown. -Rents of assise. The certain and determined rents of the freeholders and ancient copyholders of manors are called "rents of assize." apparently because they were assized or made certain, and so distinguished from a redditus mobilis, which was a variable or fluctuating rent. 3 Cruise, Dig. 314; Brown.-Rents resolute. Rents anciently payable to the crown from the lands of abbeys and religious houses; and after their dissolution, notwithstanding that the lands were demised to others, yet the rents were still reserved and made payable again to the crown. Cowell. Rent mnst be reserved to him from whom tbe state of tbe land moretb. Co. Litt 143. Less...

Rent.

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(Said to be corrupted from "rent-roll.") In English law. A roll on which the rents of a manor are registered or set down, and by which the lord's bailiff collects the same. It contains the lands and tenements let to each tenant, the names of tbe tenants, and other particulars. More...

(Said to be corrupted from "rent-roll.") In English law. A roll on which the rents of a manor are registered or set down, and by which the lord's bailiff collects the same. It contains the lands and tenements let to each tenant, the names of tbe tenants, and other particulars. Cunningham; Holthonse. -Rental bolls. In Scotch law. When the tithes (tiends) have been liquidated and settled for so many bolls of corn yearly. Bell.-Rental-rights. In English law. A species of lease usually granted at a low rent and for life. Tenants under such leases were called "rentalers" or "kindly tenants." Less...

In French law. Rente ia the annual return which represents the revenue of a capital or of an immovable alienated. The constitution of rente. is a contract by which one of the parties lends to the other a capital which he agrees not to recall, in consideration of the borrower's More...

In French law. Rente ia the annual return which represents the revenue of a capital or of an immovable alienated. The constitution of rente. is a contract by which one of the parties lends to the other a capital which he agrees not to recall, in consideration of the borrower's paying an annual Interest It is this interest which is called "rente." Duverger. The word is therefore nearly synonymous with the English "annuity." "Rentes," is the term applied to the French government funds, and "rentier9* to a fund-holder or other person having an income from personal property. Wharton. -Rente foneiere. A rent which issues out of land, and it is of its essence that it be perpetual, for, if it be made but for a limited time, it is a lease. It may, however, be extinguished. Civ. Code La. art. 2780.-Rente vlagere. That species of rente, the duration of which depends upon the contingency of the death of one or more persons indicated in the contract The uncertainty of the time at which such death may happen causes the rente viagere to be included in the number of aleatory contracts. Duverger. It is an annuity for life. Civ. Code La. art. 2764. Less...

more commonly signify in the books a chattel real interest in land; a kind of estate growing out of the land, for life or years, producing an annual or other rent. Bruce v. Thompson, 26 Vt 746.

more commonly signify in the books a chattel real interest in land; a kind of estate growing out of the land, for life or years, producing an annual or other rent. Bruce v. Thompson, 26 Vt 746. Less...

The act of giving up a right. See RENOUNCE.

The act of giving up a right. See RENOUNCE. Less...

Lat The defendant being absent; in the absence of the defendant.

Lat The defendant being absent; in the absence of the defendant. Less...

Restoration to soundness; supply of loss; reparation; work done to an estate to keep it in good order. "Repair" means to restore to its former condition; not to change either the form or material of a building. Ardesco Oil Co. v. Richardson, 63 Pa. 162. -Necessary repairs. Necessary repairs (for More...

Restoration to soundness; supply of loss; reparation; work done to an estate to keep it in good order. "Repair" means to restore to its former condition; not to change either the form or material of a building. Ardesco Oil Co. v. Richardson, 63 Pa. 162. -Necessary repairs. Necessary repairs (for which the master of a ship may lawfully bind the owner) are such as are reasonably fit and proper for the ship under the circumstances, and not merely Ruch as are absolutely indispensable for the safety of the ship or the accomplishment of the voyage. The Fortitude, 3 Sumn. 827, Fed. Cas. No. 4,953; Webster v. Seekamp, 4 Barn. & Aid. 352. Less...

The redress of an injury; amends for a wrong inflicted.

The redress of an injury; amends for a wrong inflicted. Less...