Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

farm out

vb. 1. To turn over something (such as an oil-and-gas lease) for performance by another. ( The term evolved from the Roman practice of transferring the right to collect taxes to a third party for a fee. It was later practiced in England, Scotland, and France but has been long abolished because the practice led to abuses. 2. Hist. To lease for a term. 3. To exhaust farmland, esp. by continuously raising a single crop.