n.; pl.Tenacies [ Cf. OF. tenace, LL. tenentia. See Tenant. ] (Law) (a) A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs to another. (b) (O. Eng. Law) A house for habitation, or place to live in, held of another. Blount. Blackstone. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n.; pl.Tenacies [ Cf. OF. tenace, LL. tenentia. See Tenant. ] (Law) (a) A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs to another. (b) (O. Eng. Law) A house for habitation, or place to live in, held of another. Blount. Blackstone. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]