Meaning & use
Reddendum
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A clause in a lease or deed that reserves rent, services, or other conditions owed to the grantor.
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The reddendum clause specified an annual rent of one peppercorn, a common symbolic arrangement in old leases.
Lawyers reviewed the reddendum to confirm exactly what payments the tenant still owed.
A note on using this word
The word comes from Latin "reddendum," meaning "that which is to be rendered," and appears chiefly in historical and property law.
Words with a similar meaning
reservation clause
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