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Definition of At will
1. Adverb. As one chooses or pleases. "He can roam the neighborhood at will"
Definition of At will
1. Adverb. (idiomatic) at one's preference; as one sees fit ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of At Will
Literary usage of At will
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"^TENANT at will is, where lands or tenements are let by one man to another, ...
In this case the lessee is called tenant at will, because he hath no certain ..."
2. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"at will is, where lands or tenements are let by one man ' to another, ... In this
case the lessee is called tenant at will, because he hath no certain nor ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"The question in this case is whether any contract was made at all, and, if there
was, whether it was a contract determinable at will, or of perpetual ..."
4. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"Estates at will—As no remainder can be created, without such a precedent particular
... But a lease at will is not held to be such a particular estate, ..."
5. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1848)
"Of estates at will. An estate at will is where one man lets land to *111 another, *to
hold at the will of the lessor." It was determined very anciently, ..."
6. A Treatise on the American Law of Landlord and Tenant: Embracing the by John Neilson Taylor (1869)
"LEASES at will. § 59. Leases at will may be created by express terms; or they
may arise by implication of law. Formerly, all leases for uncertain periods ..."
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