Liferent (Scots law)

Liferent or Life-rent in Scots law is the right to receive for life the benefits of a property or other asset, without the right to dispose of the property or asset. The definition was constructed from the sources.[1][2][3][4][5]

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References

  1. "Scottish Language Dictionaries". Retrieved March 1, 2008.
  2. "The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707". K.M. Brown et al. eds (St Andrews, 2007), 1605/6/39. Retrieved February 15, 2008.
  3. "Dictionary, Lawyers-and-Laws.com". Retrieved March 1, 2008.
  4. "The Free Dictionary by Farlex". Retrieved March 1, 2008.
  5. Shumaker, Walter A.; George Foster Longsdorf (1922). The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary (Second Edition by James C. Cahill ed.). Chicago: Callaghan and Company.