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
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.