Base Tenants
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
(1) Tenants who held their lands at the ■will of their superior lord, as distinguished from "frank tenants" (g. v.), who were freeholders. (2) Tenants who rendered to their lords services in villeinage. Cowell.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Tenants who performed to their lords services in villenage ; tenants who held at the will of the lord, as distinguished from frank tenants, or freeholders. Cowell
Defined under Base in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Tenants who performed to their lords services in villenage; tenants who held at the will of the lord, as distinguished from frank tenants, or freeholders. Cowell.