Legal Definition and Related Resources of Let

Meaning of Let

To demise or lease . In a lease the letting of the premises occurs at the beginning of the tenancy ; and the subsequent payment of rent is merely an incident of the letting or demise or lease. The word occurring in a lease is synonymous with demise, implying a covenant for quiet enjoyment . Trimble v Seattle, 231 U.S. 683, 34 S.Ct. 218, 58 L.Ed. 435. To allow , permit . However, in old conÃÂ‚veyances, the word let is used in the opposite sense of hindrance .

Let Alternative Definition

Hindrance; obstacle; obstruction. To lease; to grant the use and possession of a thing for compensation. It is the correlative of “hire.” See “Hire.”

Synonyms of Let

(Lease), verb

allow the use of
charter
contract
convey
demise
grant
grant the occupancy of
hire
hire out
lend
loan
make available
rent
rent out

(Permit), verb

affranchise
allow
approve
assent
authorize
certify
commission
concede
concedere
consent
empower
enable
endorse
enfranchise
entitle
entrust
favor
franchise
give leave
give permission
grant
have no objection
indulge
liberate
license
make possible
oblige
pati
privilege
release
sanction
sinere
suffer
support
tolerate
vouchsafe
warrant
yield

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Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Let

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stoppage, obstruction (obsolete unless in legal contracts), late 12c., from archaic verb letten “to hinder,” from Old English lettan “hinder, delay, impede, make late,” from Proto-Germanic *latjan (source also of Old Saxon lettian “to hinder,” Old Norse letja “to hold back,” Old High German lezzen “to stop, check,” Gothic latjan “to hinder, make late”), related to *lata-, source of late (adj.).

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