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lease for lives

lease for lives noun: 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.

Noun

lease for lives (plural leases for lives)

  1. (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.

Forms of lease for lives

pluralleases for lives
alternative formlease of lives

Questions about lease for lives

What does lease for lives mean?
Lease for lives means 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.
What part of speech is lease for lives?
Lease for lives is a noun.
What is the plural of lease for lives?
The plural of lease for lives is leases for lives.

Words near lease for lives in the dictionary

  1. Learyesque
  2. Learys
  3. leas
  4. leasable
  5. lease
  6. lease for lives
  7. lease line
  8. lease lines
  9. lease out
  10. lease provider
  11. lease providers

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