- free tenement
- noun
Etymology: Middle English fre tenement (translation of Anglo-French fraunc tenement frank tenement), from fre free + tenementEnglish law : a freehold tenement
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free tenements — Tenement Ten e*ment, n. [OF. tenement a holding, a fief, F. t[ e]nement, LL. tenementum, fr. L. tenere to hold. See {Tenant}.] 1. (Feud. Law) That which is held of another by service; property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tenement — Ten e*ment, n. [OF. tenement a holding, a fief, F. t[ e]nement, LL. tenementum, fr. L. tenere to hold. See {Tenant}.] 1. (Feud. Law) That which is held of another by service; property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in consideration of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tenement house — Tenement Ten e*ment, n. [OF. tenement a holding, a fief, F. t[ e]nement, LL. tenementum, fr. L. tenere to hold. See {Tenant}.] 1. (Feud. Law) That which is held of another by service; property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tenement (law) — A tenement (from the Latin to hold ), in law, is anything that is held, rather than owned. This usage is a holdover from feudalism, which still forms the basis of all real estate law in the English speaking world.Under feudalism, land itself is… … Wikipedia
Tenement — ♦ A tenure; an interest in land which may be either free or unfree according to the services which the tenant is obliged to render in return for it. (Hogue, Arthur R. Origins of the Common Law, 258) Related terms: Tenure … Medieval glossary
frank tenement — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French fraunc tenement, from Old French franc, fraunc free + tenement more at tenement : a freehold estate … Useful english dictionary
frank-tenement — In English law, a free tenement, freeholding, or freehold. 2 Bl.Comm. 61, 62, 104. Used to denote both the tenure and the estate … Black's law dictionary
frank-tenement — In English law, a free tenement, freeholding, or freehold. 2 Bl.Comm. 61, 62, 104. Used to denote both the tenure and the estate … Black's law dictionary
frank tenement — A free tenement; a freehold … Ballentine's law dictionary
Warren (free) — Free warren mdash;often simply warren mdash;refers to a type of franchise or privilege conveyed by a sovereign in mediaeval England to a subject, promising to hold them harmless for killing game of certain species within a stipulated area,… … Wikipedia
