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HEAD RENT [3 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Accounting
  • Financial Accounting
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
DEF

A classification of expense incurred in the general direction of an enterprise as a whole, as contrasted with expense of a more specific function, such as manufacturing or selling, but not including income deductions.

OBS

Items included under this head vary with the nature of the business, but usually include salaries of top officers, rent, and other general-office expense.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité
  • Comptabilité générale
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
DEF

[Ensemble de] coûts inhérents à la gestion générale de l'entité, engagés pour assurer sa bonne marche.

OBS

Dans un état des résultats (ou compte de résultat) présenté par destination, tous ces coûts sont regroupés sous une rubrique distincte, tout comme les coûts d'autre nature, notamment les coûts de production et les frais de vente.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contabilidad
  • Contabilidad general
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
DEF

... desembolsos o erogaciones que no pueden identificarse de manera directa con la venta de los artículos. Ejemplos: sueldos de gerencia general, finanzas, contabilidad general, depreciaciones de equipo de oficina (no incluye aquellos equipos que se localicen en áreas de producción).

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Record 2 2013-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

Escheat therefore being a title frequently vested in the lord by inheritance, as being the fruit of a signiory to which he was entitled by descent, it may seem in such cases to fall more properly under the head of acquiring title to estates, viz, by descent, by purchase. But it must be remembered that, in order to complete this title by escheat, it is necessary that the lord perform an act of his own, by entering on the lands and tenements so escheated, or suing out a writ of escheat, on failure of which, or by doing any act that amounts to an implied waiver of his right, as by accepting homage or rent of stranger who usurps the possession, his title by escheat is barred. It is therefore in some respect a title acquired by his own act, as well as by act of law.(Blackstone, Book II, p. 244)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

Dans certains contextes, l'expression «acquisition de titre par déshérence» conviendrait mieux.

OBS

titre acquis par déshérence : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

Head rent is rent payable to a superior landlord for fully improved property; as where a house is let on lease, and sub-let on weekly tenancies at a much higher amount.(Adkin's, 17th ed., 1973, p. 81)

OBS

The term is in common use, though not mentioned in the text books. (Adkin’s, ibid.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

loyer principal : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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