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Non Tenure

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

pleading. A plea ina real action, by which the defendant, asserted that he did not hold the land, or at least some part of it, as mentioned in the plaintiff's declaration.

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