Tenement
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
Any estate of inheritance, or for life, in either a corporeal or incorporeal hereditament, existing in or arising from real property of free tenure.
2 Bla. Com. 104.
It thus includes all estates but copyhold and leasehold, the former of which has never been known in this country. Freehold in deed is the real possession of land or tenements in fee, fee-tail, or for life. Freehold in bur is the right to such tenements before entry. The term has also been applied to es which a man holds in fee or for life.
Mozl. & W. Diet, i 1 Washb. R. P. 71, 037. See Gage v. Scales, 100 111. 221; State v. Ragland, 75 N. C. 12, L. R. 11 Eq. 454; Liulki m Ti: momentum.