(law, E&W, formal, historic) An estate in land held for a term of years which determined on the deaths of certain individuals, or the cessation of certain life interests.
(law, E&W, formal, historic) An estate in land held for a term of years which determined on the deaths of certain individuals, or the cessation of certain life interests.
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(law, E&W, formal, misleading) An estate in land held for a term of years of either a specified length or on a periodic basis, and which is not a term of years determinable (though may be determinable for other reasons); a leasehold estate in land.
(law, E&W, idiomatic) The lease under which that estate in land is held.
(law, E&W, historical) A kind of lease for a term of years determinable, popular in the 17th and 18th centuries, which typically named three individuals – the "lives" – and determined upon the death of all three.
(UK, legal) Describing a tenancy that exists for an agreed term, at the end of which the property may be recovered by the landlord.
(law, E&W, idiomatic, historic) The lease under which that estate in land was held.