Extracted From:
  A LAW DICTIONARY ..., SIXTH EDITION, 1856
  by John Bouvier
  CHILDS & PETERSON, PHILADELPHIA

LET. Hindrance, obstacle, obstruction; as, without let, molestation or
hindrance. 

TO LET. To hire, to lease; to grant the use and possession of something for a
compensation. 
   This term is applied to real estate and the words to hire are more commonly
used when speaking of personal estate. See Hire, Hirer, and Letter. 
   Letting is very similar to selling; the difference consists, in this; that
instead of selling the thing itself, the letter sells only the use of it.

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