Tenor

'In Pleading. A term used to denote that an exact copy is set out, 5 Wend. (N. Y.) 273; 14 Ohio St. 61; 1 Mass. 203; 1 East, 180, and the cases cited in the notes; and binds the pleader to the strictest accuracy. And an indictment for forgery of an instrument, professing to set it out according to its tenor, should give the names, in describing the instrument, spelled as they appear spelled in the original. 66 111. 346. In Chancery Pleading. A certified copy of records of other courts removed into chancery by certiorari. Gresl. Ev. 309.

A term used in pleading to denote that an exact copy is set out 1 Chitty, Cr. Law 235; Com. v. Stevens, 1 Mass. 203; 1 East 180. The tenor of an instrument signifies the true meaning of the matter therein contained. Cowell. In Chancery Pleading. A certified copy of records of other courts removed into chancery by certiorari. Gresl. Ev. 309.

A term used in pleading to denote that an exact copy is set out. 1 Chit Crim. Law, 235. By the tenor of a deed, or other instrument in writing, is signified the matter contained therein, according to the true intent and meaning thereof. CowelL "Tenor," in pleading a written instrument, imports that the very words are set out "Purport" does not import this, but is equivalent only to "substance." Com. v. Wright, 1 Cush. (Mass.) 65; Dana v. State, 2 Ohio St. 93; State v. Bonney, 34 Me. 384; State v. Atkins, 5 Blackf. (Ind.) 458; State v. Chinn. 142 Mo. 507, 44 S. W. 245. The action of proving the tenor, in Scotland, is an action for proving the contents and purport of a deed which has bsen lost Bell.

In chancery pleading. A certified copy of records of other courts removed in chancery by certiorari. Gres. Eq. Ev. 309.

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.

The language of a writing. By the tenor of a deed, or other instrument in writing, is signified the matter contained therein, according to the true intent and meaning thereof. Cowel. The action of proving the tenor, in Scotland, is an action for proving the contents and purport of a deed which has been lost. Bell. The word tenor, in reference to writs and records, signifies a copy or transcript. Tomlins. Tenor, in its technical sense, means an exact copy; but, in popular use, may mean the substance and effect of an instrument. Where a statute prescribing the mode of entering judgment on an instrument required the date and tenor to be entered, this was held satisfied by entering the substance of the instrument; for if an exact copy were intended, this would include the date, and calling for the date in addition was superfluous. Beeson v. Beeson, 1 Harr. 466. Tenor, in pleading a written instrument, imports that the very words are set out. "Purport" does not import this, but is equivalent only to "substance." State v. Atkins, 5 Blackf. 458; Commonwealth v. Wright, 1 Cush. 46. s. p. People v. Warner, 5 Wend. 271. Tenor, in an indictment for forgery of a bank-note, binds the pleader to a strict recital. Commonwealth v. Stevens, 1 Mass. 203. Tenore indictamenti mittendo. For sending the tenor of an indictment. The name of a writ by which an indictment might be called from another court into the chancery. (Reg. of Writs, 214; Cowel.) Holthouse.