FARM LET

farm let,vb. Hist. To lease; to let land for rent. • To farm let is a phrasal verb that commonly

appeared in real-property leases; it corresponds with its Latin root, ad firmam tradidi.

“A lease is properly a conveyance of any lands or tenements, (usually in consideration of rent

or other annual recompense) made for life, for years, or at will, but always for a less time than the

lessor hath in the premises: for if it be for the whole interest, it is more properly an assignment

than a lease. The usual words of operation in it are, ‘demise, grant, and to farm let; dimisi,

concessi, et ad firmam tradidi.’ ” 2 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England

317–18 (1766).[Blacks Law 8th]