seck
seck (sek), adj. Hist. 1. Lacking the right or remedy of distress. 2. Lacking profits, usu. due to a reversion without rent or other service. See rent seck under RENT(2).
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rent seck
Hist. A rent reserved by deed but without any clause of distress. — Also spelled rent-seck; rent-sec. — Also termed dry rent. Pl. rents seck.
rent seck
rent seck (英格兰古法)光租；干租；空的收租权 当某种收租权转让给受让人而出让人却保留了强制执行的权力或在转让契约中没有赋予强制执行的相应条款，那么受让人的权利就只是一种空的收租权。在封建保有关系中，上述出让人如若保留了佃户向自己效忠的权力，那么受让人同样只享有空的收租权。1730年的《出租人与承租人法》〔Landlord and Tenant Act〕取消了空的收租权〔rent seck〕和可通过扣押财产实现的收租权〔rentcharge〕之间的区别，故此后所有通过转让获取的收租权均可通过扣押强制执行。(→rentcharge)
reditus
reditus (red-[schwa]-t[schwa]s), n. [Latin “return”] A revenue or return; esp. rent. — Also spelled redditus. reditus albi (al-bI). [Latin “white return”] Rent payable in silver or other money. reditus capitales (kap-[schwa]-tay-leez). [Latin “capital return”] Chief rent paid by a freeholder to go quit of all other services. See QUIT RENT. reditus nigri (nig-rI). [Latin “black
hamesucken
hamesucken (haym-s[schwa]k-[schwa]n), n. Scots law. 1. Assault on a householder within the house after breaking in to commit the assault or to commit theft. 2. The crime of housebreaking or burglary accompanied by violence. • This term derives from Anglo-Saxon law (h msocn), and literally meant “breaching the peace of another’s home.” — Also spelled
dry rent
Rent reserved without a distress clause allowing the rent to be collected by distress; rent that can be collected only by an ordinary legal action. — Formerly also termed rent seck.