An ancient writ, lying to the city of London, or any other corporation , (where the old custom was that men might devise by will lands and tenements, as well […]

Privileges and rights that are associated with real property conveyed upon transfer or sale. See tenement.

In Scotch law. The name of a clause in charters of heritable rights, which derives its name from its first words, “tenendas pr (Edict a a terras;” it points out […]

distinguished from copyhold by many of its incidents. 2. The so-called tenant-right of renewal is the expectation of a lessee that his lease will be renewed, in cases where it […]

A tenant; the defendant in a real action .

A writ that formerly lay for hiiu to whom a disseisor had alienated the land whereof he disseised another, that he should not be molested in assize for damages, if […]

of no further use, and is therefore Joined in tlie habendum,

Lat. In the civil law . To hold; to hold fast; to have in possession; to retain. In relation to the doctrine of possession, this term expresses merely the fact […]

The Latin name for that clause iu a bond in which the obligor expresses that he is “held and firmly bound” to the obligee, his heirs, etc.

Lat. He holds; he held. In the Latin forms of the writ of waste against a tenant, these words introduced the allegation of tenure. If the tenancy still existed, and […]

In old English law . A dean. Cowell.

The number of ten men, which number, in the time of the Saxons, was called a “decennary;” and ten decennaries made what was called a “hundred.” Also a duty or […]

A term of heraldry, meaning orange color. In engravings it should be represented by lines in bend sinister crossed by others bar-ways. Heralds who blazon by the names of the […]

the name of a federal board that was established to develop the Tennessee River and its tributaries.

A term used in pleading to denote that an exact copy is set out. 1 Chit. Crim. I/aw, 235. By the tenor of a deed, or other instrument in writing, […]

Payment made when a document is signed.

A writ whereby tlie record of an indictment , and the process thereupon, was called out of another court Into the queen’s bench . Reg. Orig. 69.

By the tenor of these presents, i. e., the matter contained therein, or rather the intent and meaning thereof. Cowell.

A sort of ancient tax or military contribution . Wharton.

Resistance to being elongated and is the maximum stress that a material can stand before it fractures or is deformed permanently. Also known as tension.

The essay or assay of bread. Blount.

In English law . The statute 9 Geo. IV. c. 14, taking Its name from Lord Tenterden, who procured its enactment, which is a species of extension of the statute […]

In English law . A temporary aid issuing out of personal property , and granted to the king by parliament ; formerly the real tenth part of nil the movables […]

A term used In stating the tenure in an action for waste done after the termination of the tenancy. See TENET.

In old English law . Tenure. Tenura est pactio contra communem feudi natnram ac rationem, in contractu interposita. Wright, Ten. 21. Tenure i