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Tenant for years

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The holder of an estate for a fixed time.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

One who has the temporary use and possession of lands or tenements not his own, by virtue of a lease or demise granted to him by the owner, for a determinate period of time, as for a year or a fixed number of years. 2 Bl. Comm. 140.

Defined under Tenant in Black's Law Dictionary.