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TENENS

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A tenant; the defendant in a real action. … [Read more...]

TENSERIAE

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A sort of ancient tax or military contribution. Wharton. … [Read more...]

TENENTIBUS IN ASSISA NON ONERANDIS

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A writ that formerly lay for him to whom a disseisor had alienated the land whereof he disseised another, that he should not be molested in assize for damages, if the disseisor had wherewith to satisfy them. Reg. Orig. 214. … [Read more...]

TENERE

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Lat. In the civil law. To hold; to hold fast; to have in possession; to retain. In relation to the doctrine of possession, this term expresses merely the fact of manual detention, or the corporal possession of any object, without involving the question of title; while habere (and especially possidere) denotes the maintenance of possession by a lawful claim; i, e., civil … [Read more...]

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