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Tenement

A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

Any thing that may be held, if of a permanent nature, whether substantial or unsubstantial in its nature; in the common, popular sense, a house or building., Tenementary, or tenemental land.

In English law

That part of a manor which is granted out to tenants, as distinguished from the demesne lands of the lord.