Permissive
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
Allowed; that which may Termes de la Ley. be done: as, permissive waste, which is the An expression used in early English statpermitting real estate to go to waste. When utes to designate one who had a beneficial a tenant is bound to repair, he is punishable interest in property conveyed to uses. 2 for permissive waste. See Waste. Holdsw.
Hist. E. L. 402.