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pie crust lease

noun

Etymology

From pie crust + lease, in reference to the lease only including the topmost layer of the land. Coined due to the fact that estates in land include the subsurface by default.

  1. derived from lāzan — “to let, let go, release”
  2. derived from laxō
  3. derived from lesser
  4. derived from *leser✻
  5. inherited from *lesen✻

Definitions

  1. A lease for the surface of some land or structure (such as a bridge), which excludes the…

    A lease for the surface of some land or structure (such as a bridge), which excludes the subsurface or land beneath.

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