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noun
A right to receive rent where the tenant's goods cannot be seized as security for the payment of rent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From late Middle English rent sek, from Anglo-Norman rente sec; sec rente (literally “dry rent”), ultimately from Latin siccus. Compare Middle English secce (“dry”).
