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Holding

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

In English law. A piece of land held under a lease or similar tenancy for agricultural, pastoral or similar purposes.

In Scotch law. The tenure or nature of the right given by the superior to the vassal. Bell.

— Holding over. See Hold, v.

— Holding up the hand. In criminni practice. A formality observed in the arraignment of prisoners. Held to be not absolutely necessary. 1 W. Bl.