Tenant in dower

This is where the husbsnd of a woman is seised of an estate of inheritance and dies ; in this case the wife shall bave the third part of ali the lands and tenements whereof he was seised at any time during the coverture, to hold to herself for life, as her dower. Co.. Litt. 30; 2 Bl. Comm. 129; Combs v. Young, 4 Yerg. (Tenn.) 225, 26 Am. Dec. 225.
—Tenant in fee-simple, (or tenant in fee.) He who has lands, tenements, or hereditaments, to hold to him and his heirs forever, generally, absolutely, and simply; without mentioning what heirs, but referring that to his own pleasure, or to the disposition of the law. 2 Bi. Comm. 104; Litt. § 1,

— Tenant in severalty. he who holds lauds and tenements in his own right only, without any other person being joined or connected with him in point of interest during his estate therein. 2 Bl. Comm. 179,

Defined under Tenant in Black's Law Dictionary.