Ground Rent
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Rent paid for the privilege of building on another's land. Webster, A rent paid by a lessee who has built on the ground leased; and thus distinguished from the rent paid to him by the tenants of the buildings.* In Pennsylvania, this term is used to denote a fee farm rent.
1 Hilliard's Eeal Prop, 239.