liferent

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liferent

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From life + rent.

noun liferents

countable, uncountable The right to receive for life the benefits of a property or other asset, without the right to dispose of it. The said William Aitken, being of new solemnly sworn, &c., depones he is a Burgess of Hawick, and had the property of a house which he now liferents, the fee being disponed to his son-in-law, Bailie Robert Scot, for the use of his son William, his daughter, Bailie Scot's wife, having paid the price
Similar: usufruct

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@misc{liferent_2026,
  title = {liferent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/liferent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}