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Definition of tenure
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of tenure is as below...
Tenure
(n.)
Manner
of
holding,
in
general;
as, in
absolute
governments,
men hold their
rights
by a
precarious
tenure..
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Tanistry
::
Tanistry
(n.) In
Ireland,
a
tenure
of
family
lands by which the
proprietor
had only a life
estate,
to which he was
admitted
by
election..
Gavelkind
::
Gavelkind
(n.) A
tenure
by which land
descended
from the
father
to all his sons in equal
portions,
and the land of a
brother,
dying
without
issue,
descended
equally
to his
brothers.
It still
prevails
in the
county
of
Kent..
Drengage
::
Drengage
(n.) The
tenure
by which a
drench
held land.
Feud
::
Feud (n.) A
stipendiary
estate
in land, held of
superior,
by
service;
the right which a
vassal
or
tenant
had to the lands or other
immovable
thing of his lord, to use the same and take the
profists
thereof
hereditarily,
rendering
to his
superior
such
duties
and
services
as
belong
to
military
tenure,
etc., the
property
of the soil
always
remaining
in the lord or
superior;
a fief; a fee..
Socage
::
Socage
(n.) A
tenure
of lands and
tenements
by a
certain
or
determinate
service;
a
tenure
distinct
from
chivalry
or
knight's
service,
in which the
obligations
were
uncertain.
The
service
must be
certain,
in order to be
denominated
socage,
as to hold by
fealty
and
twenty
shillings
rent..
Fixity
::
Fixity
(n.)
Fixedness;
as,
fixity
of
tenure;
also, that which is
fixed..
Tenure
::
Tenure
(n.) The
manner
of
holding
lands and
tenements
of a
superior.
Bondage
::
Bondage
(a.)
Villenage;
tenure
of land on
condition
of doing the
meanest
services
for the
owner.
Feudtory
::
Feudtory
(a.) Held from
another
on some
conditional
tenure;
as, a
feudatory
title..
Lease
::
Lease (v. t.) Any
tenure
by grant or
permission;
the time for which such a
tenure
holds good;
allotted
time.
Feudalize
::
Feudalize
(v. t.) To
reduce
toa
feudal
tenure;
to
conform
to
feudalism.
Frankalmoigne
::
Frankalmoigne
(a.) A
tenure
by which a
religious
corporation
holds lands given to them and their
successors
forever,
usually
on
condition
of
praying
for the soul of the donor and his
heirs;
--
called
also
tenure
by free
alms..
Precarious
::
Precarious
(a.) Held by a
doubtful
tenure;
depending
on
unknown
causes
or
events;
exposed
to
constant
risk; not to be
depended
on for
certainty
or
stability;
uncertain;
as, a
precarious
state of
health;
precarious
fortunes..
Feodality
::
Feodality
(n.)
Feudal
tenure;
the
feudal
system.
See
Feudality.
Sorehon
::
Sorehon
(n.)
Formerly,
in
Ireland,
a kind of
servile
tenure
which
subjected
the
tenant
to
maintain
his
chieftain
gratuitously
whenever
he
wished
to
indulge
in a
revel..
Tenure
::
Tenure
(n.)
Manner
of
holding,
in
general;
as, in
absolute
governments,
men hold their
rights
by a
precarious
tenure..
Survey
::
Survey
(v. t.) To
examine
and
ascertain,
as the
boundaries
and
royalties
of a
manor,
the
tenure
of the
tenants,
and the rent and value of the
same..
Agrarian
::
Agrarian
(a.)
Pertaining
to
fields,
or
lands,
or their
tenure;
esp.,
relating
to an equal or
equitable
division
of
lands;
as, the
agrarian
laws of Rome, which
distributed
the
conquered
and other
public
lands among
citizens..
Fee
::
Fee (n.)
property;
possession;
tenure.
Tenancy
::
Tenancy
(n.) A
holding,
or a mode of
holding,
an
estate;
tenure;
the
temporary
possession
of what
belongs
to
another..
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