Tenant
91tenant saw — Tenon Ten on, n. [F., fr. tenir to hold. See {Tenable}.] (Carp. & Join.) A projecting member left by cutting away the wood around it, and made to insert into a mortise, and in this way secure together the parts of a frame; especially, such a… …
92Tenant-in-chief — In medieval and early modern European society a tenant in chief, sometimes vassal in chief, denotes the high nobles who held their lands as tenants directly from the monarch, as opposed to holding them from another nobleman or senior member of… …
93tenant in common — Law. one of two or more persons who hold property by tenancy in common. Cf. joint tenant. [1600 10] * * * …
94tenant at will — noun (plural tenants at will) Law a tenant that can be evicted without notice …
95Tenant in Chief: — A lord or institution (the Church being most common) holding land directly from the king. All Earls are Tenants in Chief. ♦ A tenant in capite, one who holds land by direct grant from the Crown; one who is a vassal of the king. (Hogue, Arthur R.… …
96tenant in common — noun someone who holds property in common with another person or persons so that each has quantum of interest in the whole property; on death, this quantum of interest passes to an heir or devisee who then becomes a tenant in common with the… …
97tenant in chief — In English feudal law, all the land in the kingdom was supposed to be holden mediately or immediately of the king, who was styled the Lord Paramount, or Lord Above All; and those that held immediately under him, in right of his crown and dignity …
98tenant-in-chief — In English feudal law, all the land in the kingdom was supposed to be holden mediately or immediately of the king, who was styled the Lord Paramount, or Lord Above All; and those that held immediately under him, in right of his crown and dignity …
99tenant in chief — In English feudal law, all the land in the kingdom was supposed to be holden mediately or immediately of the king, who was styled the Lord Paramount, or Lord Above All; and those that held immediately under him, in right of his crown and dignity …
100tenant-in-chief — In English feudal law, all the land in the kingdom was supposed to be holden mediately or immediately of the king, who was styled the Lord Paramount, or Lord Above All; and those that held immediately under him, in right of his crown and dignity …
