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(law, England & Wales, historical) 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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lease for lives

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lease for lives

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(law, England & Wales, historical) 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.

Japanese Meaning

（英国・ウェールズの歴史的な法制度下における賃貸借契約の一形式。契約期間は通常、契約時に指定された三人の在命に基づき、三人全員の死亡をもって終了する契約）