leaseholdn.
/ˈliːshəʊld/, U.S. /ˈlisˌhoʊld/ a. A tenure by lease; real estate so held.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > leasehold tenure
tack1423
farmage?1529
tenancy1590
leasehold1720
lesseeship1812
tenantry1846
tenantship1883
1720 London Gaz. No. 5867/3 A Leasehold of 100l. per Annum, for 99 Years.
1872 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David III. Ps. lxix. 17 He has but a leasehold of his acres, and death ends his tenure.
1875 A. Helps Social Pressure ii. 25 There is also the system of leaseholds, which must be very prejudicial to good building.
1881 W. E. Gladstone Speech Irish Land Bill 19 You have the leaseholds and you have the annual tenancy.
b. attributive or adj. Held by lease. Also figurative.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [adjective] > held in leasehold or by tenant
rented1581
tenementarya1641
tenant-sted1710
leasehold1731
tenemental1766
tenanted1886
1731 W. Derham (title) A Defence of the Churches Right in Leasehold Estates.
1812 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 3) II. xviii. 679 In ejectment for a leasehold estate, the lessor of the plaintiff produced the original lease.
1859 J. Bright Speeches 3 A man..comes into possession of leasehold houses.
1904 Daily Chron. 10 Oct. 4/7 The people who want a leasehold marriage.
1908 Daily Chron. 15 June 5/3 They are advocates for leasehold marriage, or, in other words, for free love.
Derivatives
ˈleaseholder n. one who possesses leasehold property.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > leaseholder or tenant
kindly tenanta1325
tenant1377
mailer1392
farmer1414
renter1444
takerc1450
fee-farmer1468
lessee1495
mail-man?a1500
tacksman1533
land-tenant1543
rentaller1553
fermerera1572
tenementer1574
mail-payer1597
inholdera1599
feu-farmer1609
leaseholder1858
leaser1877
1858 J. B. Norton Topics for Indian Statesmen 229 Which thrusts a ‘long lease’ upon the ‘perpetual’ leaseholder.
1883 T. Colborne in Law Times 27 Oct. 433/1 The leaseholder, like the agricultural tenant under the Act of 1883, is..prevented from contracting himself out of the benefits of the Act.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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