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lease for lives
Noun
historical
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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(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
The 18th-century deed granted a lease for lives that named three individuals and terminated on the death of the last survivor.
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The 18th-century deed granted a lease for lives that named three individuals and terminated on the death of the last survivor.
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