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Terr Arius

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In old English law. A landholder. TERRE TENANT (improperly spelled ter tenant). One who has the actual possession of land; but, in a more technical sense, he who is seised of the land; and in the latter sense, the owner of the land, or the person seised, is the terre tenant, and not the lessee. 4 Watts & S. (Pa.) 256; Bac. Abr. "Uses and Trusts." It has been holden that mere occupiers of the land are not terre tenants. See 16 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 432; 3 Pa. 229; 2 Saund. 7, note 4; 2 Bl. Comm. 91, 328.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In old English law. A landholder.