| 单词 | life tenancy |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslife tenancy life tenancy n. Law the holding of a tenancy until the death of the holder; (also) a tenancy of this nature. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > freehold > types of fee-farmc1460 fee-simple1463 liferent1478 fee-tail1495 frank-tenement1523 frank-fee1531 frank-tenure1600 frank-ferm1767 life tenancy1847 commonhold1978 1792 T. Cooper Reply Mr. Burke's Invective 27 Hitherto (America excepted) the affairs of nations have been conducted with the Few governing the Many, with permanent Authority held in life-tenancy or inheritance. 1847 Examiner 12 July 452/2 In the case of the church, the mere life-tenancy excluded the possibility of improvement. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 24 Nov. 4/1 The life-tenancy individualism which Mr. Carnegie recommends to us is sharply distinguished from the feudal individualism which obtains in old countries. 1962 H. R. Loyn Anglo-Saxon Eng. iv. 178 An abbey or church..could receive estates as a gift, and then yield them back to the donor on a life-tenancy. 2008 Irish Times (Nexis) 1 Feb. 2 They handed over thousands of acres of woodland and pasture for a nominal sum but retained life tenancy of Killarney House. < as lemmas |
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