Definition of Lessor

1. Noun. Someone who grants a lease.

Exact synonyms: Lease Giver
Generic synonyms: Owner, Proprietor
Derivative terms: Let

Definition of Lessor

1. n. One who leases; the person who lets to farm, or gives a lease.

Definition of Lessor

1. Noun. The owner of property that is leased. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lessor

1. one that grants a lease [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lessor

lesser wintergreen
lesser yellow trefoil
lesser yellowlegs
lesser zygomatic muscle
lessers
lesses
lessies
lessness
lesson
lesson plan
lessoned
lessoning
lessons
lessons learned
lessor (current term)
lessors
lessour
lesspeople
lessperson
lesspersons
lest
lest we forget
lested
lesting
lests
lesukite
let
let's
let's go

Literary usage of Lessor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by New Jersey Civil Service Commission (1910)
"Term of lease is for the corporate existence of the lessor. ... 21 Particulars of lease not reported; lessee owns entire capital stock of lessor. ..."

2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1917)
"But, since the members, in going upon the leased premises, are not intruders, and are there upon the implied invitation of the lessor, if he obstructs the ..."

3. Annual Report by New Hampshire Railroad Commissioners (1894)
"In all the cases herein provided for, in which stock or bonds is or are to be issued by the lessor (including bonds issued in redemption of the lessor's ..."

4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1906)
"Walker, as agent for the lessor, Instead of to the lessor herself, such irregularity was waived by the subsequent recognition on the part of the lessor of ..."

5. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, William Draper Lewis (1902)
"And therein the lessor of the plaintiff is bound to make out a clear title; ... (23) But, if the lessor makes out his title in a satisfactory manner, ..."

6. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"(4) The lessee shall obtain from the lessor exclusively, at such prices as ... (6) The lessee shall at the election of the lessor, suffer a termination of ..."

7. A Selection of Leading Cases, on Various Branches of the Law: With Notes by John William Smith, John Innes Clark Hare, Horace Binney Wallace, John William Wallace (1855)
"The lessor галл-р may either resort to the lessee on the privity of ... Notice to the lessor of the assignment by the lessee is sufficient to discharge him. ..."

8. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence as Administered in England and Ireland by John Pitt Taylor (1887)
"Thus, if a lessee for yt- ars accept a new lease from his lessor, he is estopped from saying that his lessor had not power to make the new lease; and, ..."

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