Tenere — Law Dictionary

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To hold.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat In the civil law. To hold; to hold fast; to have in possession; to retain. In relation to the doctrine of possession, this term expresses merely the fact of manual detention, or the corporal possession of any object, without involving the question of title; while habere (and especially possidere) denotes the maintenance of possession by a lawful claim; i. e., civil possession, as distinguished from mere natural possession.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In old English law. To hold; to have; to keep; to bind; Tenere placitum: to hold plea; to take cognizance, or entertain jurisdiction.

In the civil law. To hold; to observe or keep; to be of force or validity.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

To hold. Tenendum. For holding; to hold. A word once in use to express the tenure by which an estate was to be enjoyed. i See Deed. 2. Teneri. To be held; to be bound. The part of a bond in which the obligor declares himself "to be held and firmly bound " to the obligee. Tenet. He holds. Tenuit. He held. Words once used to state the tenure in actions of waste; the latter, where the estate had ended and damages only were sought.^