lessee

Defined in 7 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)

United States Code

15 U.S.C. § 1667 — for purposes of this part

The term “lessee” means a natural person who leases or is offered a consumer lease.

25 U.S.C. § 1774A — for the purposes of this subchapter

the term “lessee” means the holder of an 1890 lease which either expires in 1991 or is one of the leases listed in document 1 of the Technical Documents, including any lessee who holds an 1890 lease by reason of assignment, inheritance, or other manner as provided by the Act referred to in paragraph (1)(A);

30 U.S.C. § 1702 — for the purposes of this chapter (2 versions over time)

“lessee” means any person to whom the United States issues an oil and gas lease or any person to whom operating rights in a lease have been assigned;

33 U.S.C. § 2701 — in this section (6 versions over time)

“lessee” means a person holding a leasehold interest in an oil or gas lease on lands beneath navigable waters (as that term is defined in section 1301(a) of title 43) or on submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf, granted or maintained under applicable State law or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.);

38 U.S.C. § 8161 — for the purposes of this subchapter

The term “lessee” means the party with whom the Secretary has entered into an enhanced-use lease under this subchapter.

43 U.S.C. § 316A — as used in this subchapter

The term “lessee” means the holder of any lease.

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

He to whom a lease is mades he who holds an estate by virtue of a lease. See "Lease."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The tenant, to whom a lease is made. See 120 U. S. 707, 30 L. Ed. 776, 7 Sup. Ct. Rep. 962.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

He to whom a lease Is made. He who holds an estate by virtue of a lease. The word has been held to include the assignee of a lease. Cab. & El. 348. See Landlord and Tenant,

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

He to whom a lease ls made. He who holds an estate by virtue of a lease. Viterbo v. Friedlander, 120 U. S. 707, 7 Sup. Ct. 962, 30 In Ed. 776.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. fr. and eng. He to whom a lease is made for life, or years, or at will.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

He to whom a lease is made, He who holds an estate by virtue of a lease,