lessor
[les-awr, le-sawr]
- a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
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Origin of lessor
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Contemporary Examples
“Mr. Mitchell thus controls both your management company and your lessor,” the IRS wrote in a denial letter.
At This Creepy Libertarian Charter School, Kids Must Swear ‘to Be Obedient to Those in Authority’ProPublica
October 15, 2014
In the hands of a lessor actor, she might have even seemed like an exposition machine.
Historical Examples
Owner or lessor of buildings for assemblage liable for gross misdemeanor.
The I.W.W.Paul Frederick Brissenden
Observe the lessor—a benevolent, dignified, but cautious person!
The Comforts of HomeRalph Bergengren
Of course this may be forbidden, and often is by the lessor, without his consent.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the LaymanAlbert Sidney Bolles
By the common law the lessor was not required to make repairs.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the LaymanAlbert Sidney Bolles
An estate at will is where land is let to another, to hold at the will of the lessor.
The Government Class BookAndrew W. Young
lessor
- a person who grants a lease of property
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Word Origin and History for lessor
n.
"one who grants a lease," late 14c., from Anglo-French lessor (late 13c.), from verb lesser (see lease).
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