Tenor
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A term used in pleading to denote that an exact copy is set out 1 Chitty, Cr. Law 235; Com. v. Stevens, 1 Mass. 203; 1 East 180. The tenor of an instrument signifies the true meaning of the matter therein contained.
Cowell.
In Chancery Pleading. A certified copy of records of other courts removed into chancery by certiorari.
Gresl. Ev. 309.