Permissive
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Allowed; suffered.
Permissive use
A passive use which was resorted to before the statute of uses, in order to avoid a harsh law, as that of mortmain or a feudal forfeiture, and was a mere invention to escape consequences by secrecy. Thus, under a conveyance to A to the use of B, A simply held the possession, and B enjoyed the profits of the estate.
Wharton.
Permissive ■waste. That kind of waste which is a matter of omission only; as by suffering a house to fall for want of necessary reparations. (2 Bl. Com. 281; 3 Stevh. Com. 503; 4 Kent Com. 76 et seq.; 1 HiU. R. P. 266.) BurriU.