Tenor

L In feudal law. Tenor, or tenure; the mode of holding an estate or fee. Tenor est: tenor is; — pactio, contra communem feudi naturam ac rationem, in contractu interposita: tenor is an agreement, contrary to the common nature and reason of a fee, interposed or inserted in the contract [by which it is conveyed]; — qui legem dat feodo: it is the tenor [express terms of the feudal donation] which gives law to the fee.