foregiftn.
/ˈfɔːɡɪft/ Law. ‘A premium for a lease’ (Wharton 1867).
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] > payment made in addition to rent
foregift1744
premium1859
1744 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1890) VIII. A fine or foregift was paid to the late Lady Stapleton.
1844 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. III. iv. ii. iii. 143 That no fine or foregift be taken for the same, that no lessee shall be made dispunishable for waste.
1881 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 16 598 There was reserved on every demise..the best yearly rent without taking any fine, premium or foregift.
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n.1744- lower deck
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