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Admittance

Legal Definition and Related Resources of Admittance

Meaning of Admittance

In English law. The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate. It is of three kinds, namely, upon a voluntary grant by the lord, upon a surrender by the former tenant, and upon descent.

What does Admittance mean in American Law?

The definition of Admittance in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

In general, a synonym for admission, e.g., in the ubiquitous sign “No admittance.”

The term also has a special (now mostly archaic) legal meaning as the name of the final stage in the acquisition of an English copyhold tenancy.

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Synonyms of Admittance

(Acceptance), noun

  • admission
  • confirmation
  • designation
  • entrance
  • entree
  • entry
  • inclusion
  • induction
  • initiation
  • permission

(Means of approach), noun

  • access
  • admission
  • approach
  • avenue
  • course
  • entrance
  • entry
  • entryway
  • ingress
  • inlet
  • liberty of approach
  • opening
  • passage
  • passageway
  • path
  • portal
  • road
  • route
  • way

Meaning of Admittance

In this law dictionary, the legal term admittance is a kind of the Legal History class.

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  • Copyhold
  • Legal History
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