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A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

^ In a lease for years creates an implied warranty of title and a covenant for quiet enjoyment.* In a lease under seal implies a covenant, and in a lease not under seal a contract, for title in the lessor. "Let "or an equivalent word has the same effect.5 See Lease. Demise and redemise. A conveyance by mutual leases of the same land, or of something out of the same, made by one party to the other; as, in a grant of rent-charge. See next word.