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Double Rent

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Required, by St. 11 Geo. II. c. 19, as a penalty of a tenant holding over after notice to quit. Wharton.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A statutory penalty for holding over after the landlord’s notice to quit.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In English Law. Rent payable by a tenant who continues in possession after the time for which he has given notice to quit, until the time of his quitting possession. Stat. 11 Geo. II. c. 19; Fawcett, L. & T. 304. The provisions of this statute have been re-enacted in New York, and some other states, though not generally adopted in this country.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In English law. Rent payable by a tenant who continues in possession after the time for which he hag given notice to quit, until the time of lis quilting possession. St. 11 Geo. II. c, 19.