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rent seck

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A quick definition of rent seck:

Rent seck is a type of rent that used to exist a long time ago. It was a rent that was paid for the use of land or property, but there was no way for the landlord to take back the property if the rent was not paid. This meant that the landlord had no power to force the tenant to pay the rent. However, this type of rent is no longer used because the law has changed and now landlords have the same rights to take back their property if the rent is not paid, no matter what type of rent it is.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: Rent seck is a type of rent that is reserved by deed but without any clause of distress. It is also known as dry rent. At common law, the relationship of lord and tenant carried with it an automatic right of distress for any rent. If no such relationship existed, there was no common law right of distress, and consequently an express clause of distress was frequently inserted when reserving the rent. A rent supported by no right of distress was known as a rent seck. Rent seck ceased to exist many years ago, for by the Landlord and Tenant Act 1730, the owners of rents seck were given the same rights of distress as a landlord has against his tenant under a lease, namely, a right to distrain as soon as the rent is in arrear.

Example: An example of rent seck would be if a landowner reserved a certain amount of money to be paid annually by the tenant for the use of the land, but did not include a clause of distress in the agreement. This means that the landowner would not have the right to seize the tenant's property if the rent was not paid on time. However, this type of rent is no longer used today.

Explanation: Rent seck was a type of rent that was used in the past, but it is no longer in use today. It was a rent that was reserved by deed but without any clause of distress, which means that the landowner did not have the right to seize the tenant's property if the rent was not paid on time. However, the Landlord and Tenant Act 1730 gave the owners of rents seck the same rights of distress as a landlord has against his tenant under a lease, which means that this type of rent is no longer used today.

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13:34
as far as i know, that information is simply for data collection purposes
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13:34
i don't think it has a detrimental effect on your chances of admission
13:34
but also you don't need to tell them anything so lol
Can y'all help me understand something lol. What does it mean for an app to "go complete"? Is that when the school has reviewed it and made a decision?
13:35
Na, it's when they have all the required information
Gotcha. So what would be the difference between received and completed?
Does complete entail like the app + LORs?
13:35
correct
That makes sense. Thank you!
13:36
complete basically means they've acknowledged receipt and it's ready to go under review whenever they start the deliberative process
Quillinit
13:40
I still haven't had Chicago or Cornell go complete, but I think that's just how they be
13:41
when did you submit
CaringEquableGuppy
13:42
How do you know when an application is complete? Is it on LSAC or the school's portal?
13:43
it'll be on the school-specific portal
Quillinit
13:44
when they opened
Quillinit
13:45
they both say something along the lines of "received and waiting to be processed"
13:48
anyone have good resources for revising a personal statement for reuse after applying with it last cycle?
13:49
Any guesses when Cornell and Penn CRS fee waivers will go out?
13:51
@Quillinit: from my recollection, chicago and cornell collapse complete/UR1 into a single step, so they may simply not be ready to begin reviewing applications
13:52
i think it's fair to assume, barring a handful of schools like UVA, most schools won't begin reviewing applications in earnest until the beginning of next month at the earliest, so it wouldn't be surprising to hear that applications are just sitting in the queue
13:54
@oakenrays: I was just gonna write a new one personally but I think you want to make it recognizably different from your previous PS
13:56
@baddestbunny: definitely agree that some revision and additional information is warranted but, my why law is the same... I guess just tell the same story in a different way
14:03
ugh fineeee I'll write a new stupid essay
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yeah I told my last essay about a formative experience and am trying to update it now to be about what I’ve learned since that experience
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i re-wrote my PS this cycle when I reapplied
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