Tenor Est Qui Legem Dat Feudo
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
It is the tenor of the feudal grant which regulates its effect and extent. Craig, Jus Feud. (3d Ed.) 66. See Co. Litt. 19a; 2 Bl. Comm. 310; 2 Coke, 71; Broom, Leg. Max.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
It is the tenor which gives law to the fee. See 2 Bl. Comm. 310.