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Webster 1913 Edition


Arrentation

Arˊren-ta′tion

.
[Cf. F.
arrenter
to give or take as rent. See
Arendator
.]
(O. Eng. Law)
A letting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in a forest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent.

Webster 1828 Edition


Arrentation

ARRENTA'TION

,
Noun.
[See Rent.]
In the forest laws of England, a licensing the owner of land in a forest, to inclose it with a small ditch and low hedge, in consideration of a yearly rent.

Definition 2024


arrentation

arrentation

English

Noun

arrentation (plural arrentations)

  1. (law, Britain, obsolete) A letting or renting, especially a licence to enclose land in a forest with a low hedge and ditch, under a yearly rent.