 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 722 str.
...cannon, till they are masters of the covert way, and have planUd their cannon there. TENANT, signifies one who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of right, either in fee, for life, yeais, or at will. TENCH. See CVPRINUI. TENDER, in law, is an offer to pay... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1821 - 356 str.
...cannon, till they are masters of the covert way, and have planted their cannon there. TENANT, signifies one who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of right, either in fee, for life, years, or at will. TENCH. See CYPRINUS. TENDER, in law, is an offer to pay... | |
 | Charles Petersdorff - 1831 - 598 str.
...possession to the use. A landlord is a party of whom land* or tenements are taken. Tenant lignifies one who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of right, either in fee, for life, for years, or at will. A lodger is a per*on wlio occupies a room or apartments... | |
 | William Frederick Augustus Delane - 1836 - 464 str.
...book edited by Mr. Grainger, the barrister, and published in 1835, it is said, " That a tenant at law is one who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of title, or in fee for life, for years, or at will." This was the popular meaning, which he would rather... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - 1851 - 570 str.
...in suit by another ; the defendant in a real action. The correlative of demandant. 3 Bl. Com. 180. One who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of right, either in fee, for life, years or at will. Cowell. This definition sufficiently expresses the general... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - 1870 - 674 str.
...claimed in suit by another ; the defendant in a real action. The correlative of demandant. 3 BL Com. 180. One who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of right, either in fee, for life, years or at will. CowM. This definition sufficiently expresses the general... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1872 - 370 str.
...plaintiffs declaration in a cause, and is an answer to the rejoinder of the defendant. Tenant. — One who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of title. Tenement. — In its original, proper, and legal sense, signifies anything which may be holden,... | |
 | Alexander V. Hamilton - 1873 - 454 str.
...plaintiffs declaration in a cause, and is an answer to the rejoinder of the defendant. Tenant. — One who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of title. Tenement. — In its original, proper, and legal sense, signifies anything which may be holden,... | |
 | John Neilson Taylor - 1887 - 608 str.
...that person to occasion a merger. An estate signifies such interest as the tenant hath therein ; and a tenant is one who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of title, either in fee, for life, for years, or at will. See the learned opinion of Mr. Justice Marvin,... | |
 | 1900 - 1348 str.
...is no less, In legal contemplation, a tenant, than the man who occupies under him. The definition of 'tenant' is 'one who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of title, either in fee, for life, years, or at will.' " So, too, In Hill v. Taylor, 22 Cal. 191, It was... | |
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... tenancy in common A form of co-ownership by which each owner holds an undivided interest in real property as if he or she were sole owner. Each individual owner has the right to partition. Unlike joint tenants, tenants in common have right of inheritance. 
