TENANCY

Source: 566, 567

tenancy. Tenancy, n. a temporary possession or tenure

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Ten″an‐cy (?), n.; pl. Tenacies (#). [[Cf. OF. tenace, LL. tenentia. See Tenant.]] (Law) (a) A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs to another. (b) (O. Eng. Law) A house for habitation, or place to live in, held of another. Blount. Blackstone. Wharton.