单词 | subtenant |
释义 | subtenantn. Originally Scottish. A person who leases a property from a tenant; an undertenant.In quot. 1804 in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > by subtenure subtenant1445 under-tenant1546 tenant paravail1579 underholder1605 arrière tenant1843 1445 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 14th Rep.: App. Pt. III: MSS Duke of Roxburghe (1894) 12 in Parl. Papers (C. 7570) XLVI. 471 Twenty schillingis..to be pait to me be the saide Androu Kere or his facturis or subtenandis. 1474 in D. Forbes & C. Innes Acct. Familie Innes (1864) 81 To be haldin and had all and hale the saidis landis..to the foresaid James his airis assigneis and subtennandis for al the termis of threttein yeris. 1541 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 66 Tha that ar sibtennendis to the burgh for the landis of Duuellegrene. 1586 in G. P. McNeill Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1901) XXI. 418 Sett in assedatioun for the space of fyve yeiris..to Uthrid Makdowell of Garthland, his airis, assignais, and subtennentis. 1636 in A. M. Munro Rec. Old Aberdeen (1899) I. 62 That..no fewaris in this towne or landes lordis set any persones for thair sub-tennentes in any of thair housses till [etc.]. 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. xix. §23. 385 Where the Sub-tennent was warned, tacite Ralocation alledged by the Sub-tennent, was not sustained without producing a standing Tack to the principal Tacks-man. 1703 in M. A. Mills Stat. Laws I. of Man (1821) 175 The said Tennants and Inhabittants dwelling in and possessing those Cottages and Intacks shall henceforward become Sub-tennants to the said Farmers, Tennants, and other Persons. 1766 A. Nicol Poems Several Subj. 144 Landlords..Cause their sub-tenants to obey, And serve with rigour at command, Like Israelites in Egypt-land. 1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XV. 451 The cotters and sub-tenants pay..a reek hen, and one day's shearing in harvest. 1804 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds II. Introd. p. vi They [sc. land birds] are the subtenants of the cultivated world. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire II. iv. vi. 354 Sub-tenants or assignees to the leases specified in the article immediately preceding..can also vote. 1861 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 2) x. 136 There were smaller owners or sub-tenants, holding of the eleven thanes, as these held of the Crown. 1908 Amer. State Rep. 124 459 The subtenant cannot hold his lessor by reconduction. 1988 E. Osers tr. I. Klaima My First Loves 133 She was now living in the Vinohrady district,..a subtenant of a Mrs Rotterová. 2010 G. Shteyngart in New Yorker 14 June 95/3 I counted the volumes on my..bookshelf to make sure that none had been misplaced or used as kindling by my subtenant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1445 |
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