A person who leases or rents property from a lessor; a tenant in a leasing agreement.
From 'colessor' (lessor) + '-ee' (suffix indicating receiver of action). This legal term derives from Norman French and Latin, following the same pattern as 'lessee' but prefixed with 'col-' (with), suggesting a co-leasing arrangement.
The prefix 'col-' in 'colessee' suggests 'with' rather than just 'from,' which is a quirk of Norman legal terminology that sometimes distinguished it from plain 'lessee' in medieval property law!
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