Seck

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Seck \Seck\, a. [F. sec, properly, dry, L. siccus.]
     Barren; unprofitable. See {Rent seck}, under {Rent}.
     [1913 Webster]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:



  SECK. This word has two significations. 1. It means a warrant of remedy by 
  distress. Litt. s. 218; and vide Rent. 2. It imports want of present fruit 
  or profit, as in the case of the reversion without rent or other service, 
  except fealty. Co. Litt. 151 b, note 5.