term of years determinable

noun

Etymology

From term of years + determinable.

  1. derived from determino — “to bound, limit, prescribe, fix, determine
  2. derived from determiner
  3. inherited from determinen
  4. suffixed as determinable — “determine + able

Definitions

  1. An estate in land held for a term of years which determined on the deaths of certain…

    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.

  2. The lease under which that estate in land was held.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for term of years determinable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA