rent seck

[ sek ]

noun

, plural rents seck.

1. a right to rent in which the renter does not have the usual power of collection by seizure of the tenant's goods.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rent seck¹

1425–75; late Middle English < Anglo-French rente seque literally, dry rent

Example Sentences

A power of distress was made incident to rent seck by Statute 4 George II. c.

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