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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）

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その18世紀の証書は、三名の指名された人の存命期間にわたる賃貸借を規定しており、最後の生存者が死亡した時点で契約は終了した。

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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.

leases for lives

（ plural ）

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