| 单词 | life tenant |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslife tenant life tenant n. Law a person who holds a life tenancy (cf. life holder n.); also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > by freehold > types of franklin1297 feoffor1426 frank-tenementary1488 liferenter1535 feoffee1542 purlieu man1573 charterer?1592 fiar1597 swaina1610 life tenant1623 life holder1776 fief-holder1864 common holder1987 1623 T. Scot High-waies of God 67 God hath appointed Kings and Iudges to bee life-tenants and Deputies in his steade, to defend weake truth from strong falsehood and oppression. 1672 in Further Contin. Abridgem. Statutes in Force 123 Ordained, that all Heritors, Wadsetters, and Life-tenants in the shire of Lanerk..shall not import, or reset any [Victuals] from Ireland. 1789 A. M. Bennett Agnes de-Courci III. 5 Her father was but a life tenant on the estate. 1837 S. Smith Let. to Singleton in Wks. (1859) II. 264/2 An Ecclesiastical Corporation..can sell a next presentation as legally as a lay life-tenant can do. 1973 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 4 Sept. 17/1 Ordinarily a life tenant of real property is entitled to collect all the income but must pay real estate taxes, mortgage interest if any, insurance cost and routine maintenance expenses. 2000 Investor Nov. (Pract. Investment Guide Suppl.) 15/2 Some trusts are inflexible so that on the death of the person entitled to income (i.e. the life tenant), the capital goes to another named person (the remainderman). < as lemmas |
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