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liferents

liferents is the plural of liferent.

Meaning of liferent

Noun

liferent (countable and uncountable, plural liferents)

  1. (Scots law) The right to receive for life the benefits of a property or other asset, without the right to dispose of it.
    • The said William Aitken, being of new solemnly sworn, &c., depones he is a Burgess of Hawick, and had the property of a house which he now liferents, the fee being disponed to his son-in-law, Bailie Robert Scot, for the use of his son William, his daughter, Bailie Scot's wife, having paid the price...1898, R. S. Craig, Adam Laing, The Hawick Tradition of 1514: The Town's Common Flag and Seal, page 240
    Synonyms:
    usufruct

Questions about liferents

What is liferents the plural of?
Liferents is the plural of liferent.

Words near liferents in the dictionary

  1. liferent
  2. liferenter
  3. liferenters
  4. liferentrix
  5. liferentrixes
  6. liferents
  7. liferoot
  8. lifers
  9. lifes
  10. lifesaver
  11. lifesavers

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