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Dry Rent

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

Rent seek; a rent reserved without a clause of distress.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Rent reserved without right of distress.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Rent-seek; a rent reserved without a clause of distress.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Rent-seck; a rent reserved without a clause of distress.

Defined under Dry in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Lent-seck; arent reserved without a clause of distress.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

[L. Lat. redditus siccus.] The same as rent seck. (q. v.) 2 Bl. Com. 42. Duas uxores eodem tempore habere non licet. It is not lawful to have two wives at the same time. Inst. 1. 10. 6. 1 Bl. Com. 436.