In Scotch law. The name of a clause in charters of heritable rights, which derives its name from its flrst words, “tenendas prasdictas terras;” it points out the superior of whom the lands are to be holden, and expresses the particular tenure. Ersk. Inst 2, 3, 24.
TENENDAS
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