Tenement
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
estates, in its most extensive signification comprehends every thing which may be holden; provided it be of a permanent nature; and not only lands and inheritances which are holden, but also rents and a prendre of which a man pi as any franktenement, and of which he may be seised ut de ltbero tenemento, are included under this term.
Co. Litt. 6 a; 1 Tho. Co. Litt. 219; Perk. s. 114; 2 Bl. Com. 17.
Tn its more confined and vulgar acceptation, it means a house or building.
Ibid. and 1 Prest. on Est. 8. Vide 4 Bing. 298; S. C. 11 Engl. C. L. Rep. 207; 1 T. R. 358; 3 T. R. 772; 3 East, 118; 5 East, 239; Burns’s Just. Poor, 525 to 541; 1B. & Adolph. 161; S. C. 20 Engl. C. L. Rep. 368; Com. Dig. Grant, E 2; Trespass, A 2; Wood’s Inst. 120; Babington on Auctions, 211, 212.