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reddendum

reddendum noun: a clause in a deed by which some new thing is reserved out of what had been granted before; the clause by which rent is reserved in a lease.

Noun

reddendum (plural reddendums or reddenda)

  1. A clause in a deed by which some new thing is reserved out of what had been granted before; the clause by which rent is reserved in a lease.
    • […] the cognizance supposing a preceding gift, the cognizor cannot reserve any thing to himself out of lands, of which he has already conveyed away the absolute property, so that the reddendum comes too late when a precedent absolute gift without any such reservation is before acknowledged.1783, William Cruise, An Essay on the Nature and Operation of Fines

Forms of reddendum

pluralreddendums
pluralreddenda

Origin of reddendum

Neuter of Latin reddendus (“that must be given back or yielded”), gerundive of reddere. See reddition.

Questions about reddendum

What does reddendum mean?
Reddendum means a clause in a deed by which some new thing is reserved out of what had been granted before; the clause by which rent is reserved in a lease.
What part of speech is reddendum?
Reddendum is a noun.
What is the plural of reddendum?
The plural of reddendum is reddendums.

Words near reddendum in the dictionary

  1. redden
  2. reddenda
  3. reddendo
  4. reddendoes
  5. reddendos
  6. reddendum
  7. reddendums
  8. reddened
  9. reddener
  10. reddeners
  11. reddenest

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