These words are now used in a deed to express by what tenure the grantee is to have the land. The clause which commences with these words is called the tenendum. Vide Habendum; Tenendum. 2. To hold, also means to decide, to adjudge, to decree; as, the court in that case held that the husband was not liable for the contract of the wife, made without his express or implied authority. 3. It also signifies to bind under a contract, as the obligor is held and firmly bound. In the constitution of the United States, it is provided, that no person held to service or labor in one state under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on the claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.
Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition
(noun) – In old law. Tenure. A word constantly occurring in conjunction with others, as freehold, leasehold, copyhold, etc., hut rarely met with in the separate form.
(verb) – 1. To possess In virtue of a lawful title; as In the expression, common in grants, “to have and to hold,” or in that applied to notes, “the owner and holder.” Thompson v. Sandford, 13 Ga. 241; Bank of Michigan v. Nlles, 1 Doug. (Mich.) 407, 41 Am. Dec. 575; Stansbury v. Hubner, 73 Md. 228, 20 Atl. 904, 11 L. R. A. 204, 25 Am. St Rep. 584. 2. To be the grantee or tenant of another; to take or have an estate from another. Properly, to have an estate on condition of paying rent, or performing service. 3. To adjudge or decide, spoken of a court, particularly to declare the conclusion of law reached by the court as to the legal effect of the facts disclosed. 4. To maintain or sustain; to be under the necessity or duty of sustaining or proving; as when it is said that a party “holds the affirmative” or negative of an issue in a cause. 5. To bind or obligate; to restrain or constrain; to keep in custody or under an obligation; as in the phrases “hold to bail,” “hold for court,” “held and firmly bound,” etc. 6. To administer; to conduct or preside at; to convoke, open, and direct the operations of; as to hold a court, hold pleas, eta Smith v. People, 47 N. Y. 334. 7. To prosecute; to direct and bring about officially; to conduct according to law; as to hold an election. 8. To possess; to occupy; to be in possession and administration of; as to hold office. Hold over. To hold possession after the expiration of a term or lease. To retain possession of property leased, after the end of the term. To continue in possession of an office and continue to exercise its functions, after the end of the officer’s lawful term.