Let

v. In conveyancing. To demise or lease. “To det and set” is an old expression. In practices. Todeliver. “To let to bail” is to deliver to bail on arrest. In eontracts. To award to oneof several persons, who have submitted proposals therefor, the contract for erecting publie works or doing some part of the work connected there- Letiiug ‘se contract is the choosing one from ~mong ths number of bidders, and the formal malrng of the contract with him. The letting, or putting out, is a different thing from the invitation to make proposals; the letting is subsequent to the invitation. It is the act of awarding the contract ~ the proposer, after the proposals have been re- ¢sived and considered.

See 35 Ala. 33, 55.