Base Tenants
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
(1) Tenants who held their lands at the ■will of their superior lord, as distinguished from "frank tenants" (g. v.), who were freeholders. (2) Tenants who rendered to their lords services in villeinage.
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