Meaning of TENANCY
| Pronunciation: | | 'tenunsee
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| | Definition: | | [n] an act of being a tenant or occupant |
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| | Synonyms: | | occupancy |
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| | See Also: | | abidance, habitation, inhabitancy, inhabitation, residence, residency | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ten"an*cy\, 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.
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