Tenure
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in law, manner in which property in land is held. The nature of tenure has long been of great importance, both in law and in the broader economic and political context.
Tenure
1) The manner of holding the property and sometimes also known as right to hold. 2) In acedemics and job contracts, ...
Tenure:
A right of holding or occupying land or a position for a certain amount of time.
tenure
n. 1) in real property, the right to possess the property. 2) in employment contracts, particularly of public employees like school teachers or professors, ...
TENURE, estates. The manner in which lands or tenements are holden. 2. According to the English law, all lands are held mediately or immediately from the king, as lord paramount and supreme proprietor of all the lands in the kingdom. Co. Litt.
Tenure
Originally, a right of holding or occupying land or a position for a certain amount of time.
Land tenure
Manor, the land tenure unit under manorialism, a system of land tenure and organization of the rural economy and society in parts of medieval Europe
Manor house, the principal house of a manor ...
Tenure of magistracy was always held to depend upon election by the body whose powers the magistrate wielded. Thus the magistrates of the plebs were elected by the plebeian council, those of the people in the Comitia.
OCCUPATION
Use or tenure; as, the house is in the occupation of A B. A trade, business or mystery; as the occupation of a printer. Occupancy. (q.... more ...
The most extensive tenure allowed under the feudal system allowing the tenant to sell or convey by will or be transfer to an heir if the owner dies intestate.
Expanded Legal Definition of Small ClaimsSocage A term of the feudal land ownership system which referred to the tenure which was exchanged for certain goods or services which were not military in nature.
TOP Socage : A term of the feudal system which referred to the tenure which was exchanged for certain goods or services which were not military in nature.
The word "tenant" originated under the feudal system, referring to land "owners" who held their land on tenure granted by a lord. Tenants in common Similar to joints tenants.
Fee simple: Freehold estate in land, the most extensive tenure allowed under the feudal system. A person who owns a fee simple estate may sell it, convey it by will or it may be transferred to an heir if the owner dies without leaving a will.
In real actions, a disclaimer of the tenancy or title is frequently added to the plea of non tenure.
are declared to be allodial, and feudal tenures are prohibited" - constitution of Wisconsin.
: a tenure of real property the duration of which cannot be determined and by which an estate in fee simple or fee tail or for life is held
also
: an estate held by such tenure
compare leasehold
Pronunciation'frE-"hOld ...
e. by prescription, tenure, enclosure, dedication.
(b) Privately owned, may be a highway.
(c) Private use road.
Due to this ambiguity, 'Private use', or 'Private maintenance' is a preferable term.
The praetor's Edict in particular contained the various formulae for causes of action he intended to recognize during his tenure of office.
The concept, idea or philosophy of property underlies all property law. In some jurisdictions, historically all property was owned by the monarch and it devolved through feudal land tenure or other feudal systems of loyalty and fealty.
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