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Rent Charge

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

See "Rent."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A holding under a lease containing a clause reserving the right to distrain. See 11 Colo. 393, 18 Pac. 342.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A rent reserved with a This term is usually employed to signify power of enforcing its payment by distress. the abdication or giving up of one’s country at the time of choosing another. The act of See Rent. congress requires from a foreigner who ap-

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

This arises where the owner of the rent has no future interest or reversion in the land. It is usually created by deed or will, and is accompanied with powers of distress and entry.

Defined under Rent in Black's Law Dictionary.