UNDERTENANT Definition & Meaning

undertenant

[ uhn-der-ten-uhnt ]

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noun

a subtenant.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of undertenant¹

First recorded in 1540–50; under- + tenant

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Undertenant, un′dėr-ten-ant, n. one who sublets a farm, house, &c. from the actual tenant.—n.

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There was a vigorous interventionism in the land law subsequent to appeals to the King in landlord-tenant relations, brought by a lord or by an undertenant.

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