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TENOR

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pleading. This word, applied to an instrument in pleading, signifies an exact copy; it differs from purport. In chancery practice, by tenor is understood a certified copy of records of other courts removed into chancery by certiorari.

Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition

A term used in pleading to denote that an exact copy is set out 1 Chit Crim. Law, 235. By the tenor of a deed, or other instrument in writing, is signified the matter contained therein, according to the true intent and meaning thereof. Cowell. “Tenor,” in pleading a written lustru nient imports that the very words are set out “Purport” does not import this, but is equivalent ofcly to “substance.” Com. y. Wright 1 Cush. (Mass.) 65; Dana v. State, 2 Ohio St 93; State v. Bonney, 34 Me. 384; State v. Atkins, 5 Blackf. (Ind.) 458; State v. Chlnn, 142 Mo. 507, 44 S. W. 245. The action of proving the tenor, in Scotland, is an action for proving the contents and purport of a deed which has been lost Bell. In chancery pleading. A certified copy of records of other courts removed in chancery by certiorari. Gres. Eq. Ev. 309. Tenor est qul legem dat fendo. It is the tenor [of the feudal grant] which regulates its effect and extent.

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