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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.