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Tenere

A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

To hold.

Tenendum

For holding; to hold. A word once in use to express the tenure by which an estate was to be enjoyed. i See Deed. 2.

Teneri.

To be held; to be bound. The part of a bond in which the obligor declares himself "to be held and firmly bound " to the obligee. Tenet. He holds.

Tenuit.

He held. Words once used to state the tenure in actions of waste; the latter, where the estate had ended and damages only were sought.^