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(A) construction. Word; expression speech. 2. Terms or words are characters by which we announce our sentiments, and make known to others things with which we are acquainted. These must be properly construed or interpreted in order to understand the parties using them. Vide Construction; Interpretation; Word. (B) contracts. This word is used in the civil, law to denote the … [Read more...] about TERM

estates. In its most extensive signification tenement comprehends every thing which may be holden, provided it be of a permanent nature; and not only lands and inheritances which are holden, but also rents and profits a prendre of which a man has any frank tenement, and of which he may be seised ut de libero tenemento, are included under this term. But the word tenements … [Read more...] about TENEMENT

In old Scotch law. The sea-mark; high-water mark. Tide-month. Skene. … [Read more...] about TENNELLUS

This phrase is used in the English courts of equity, to signify that when a term has been created for a particular purpose, which is satisfied, and the instrument by which it is created does not provide for a cesser of the term, on the happening of the event, the benefit in it becomes subject to the rules of equity, and must be moulded and disposed of according to the equitable … [Read more...] about TERM ATTENDANT ON THE INHERITANCE

Land distributed by a lord among his tenants, as opposed to the demesnes which were occupied by himself and his servants. 2 Bl. Comm. 90. … [Read more...] about TENEMENTAL LAND