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  • 1lease|hold — «LEES HOHLD», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a holding by a lease. 2. real estate held by a lease. –adj. held by lease …

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  • 2lease|hold|er — «LEES HOHL duhr», noun. a person holding property by a lease …

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  • 3LEASE AND HIRE — The Hebrew term sekhirut embraces the lease of immovable property (houses and fields) as well as the hire of movable property and personal services, and is a near parallel of locatio conductio rei in Roman law. In this article the term hire is… …

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  • 4lease — 1 / lēs/ n [Anglo French les, from lesser to grant by lease, from Old French laisser to let go, from Latin laxare to loosen, from laxus slack] 1 a: a contract by which an owner of property conveys exclusive possession, control, use, or enjoyment… …

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  • 5hold over — vi: to remain in a position or condition one who holds over in possession of a building after the expiration of a term of years B. N. Cardozo hold·over n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 6Lease — (l[=e]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Leased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Leasing}.] [F. laisser, OF. laissier, lessier, to leave, transmit, L. laxare to loose, slacken, from laxus loose, wide. See {Lax}, and cf. {Lesser}.] 1. To grant to another by lease the… …

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  • 7lease — I n. 1) to take a lease 2) to lose; renew a lease 3) to cancel a lease 4) mining; (off shore) oil leases 5) a lease expires, runs out 6) under (a) lease (to hold land under lease) 7) (misc.) a new lease of (BE), on (AE) life ( a new chance to… …

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  • 8Lease — A lease is a legal document, but can be an oral arrangement, which confers a right on one person (called a tenant or ) to possess property belonging to another person (called a landlord or lessor) to the exclusion of the owner landlord. The… …

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  • 9lease — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ long, long term ▪ short, short term ▪ ten year, etc. ▪ commercial …

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  • 10lease — lease1 leasable, adj. leaseless, adj. leaser, n. /lees/, n., v., leased, leasing. n. 1. a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period… …

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