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noun

Tenant n.

(Law) One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will; also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; correlative to landlord. See Citation from, under Tenement, 2.

One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant. "Sweet tenants of this grove." "The hhappy tenant of your shade." "The sister tenants of the middle deep."

Tenant in capite, or Tenant in chief, by the laws of England, one who holds immediately of the king. According to the feudal system, all lands in England are considered as held immediately or mediately of the king, who is styled lord paramount. Such tenants, however, are considered as having the fee of the lands and permanent possession.

Tenant in common. See under Common.

verb

Tenant v. t. (past & past part. tenanted; pres. part. tenanting) To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant. "Sir Roger's estate is tenanted by persons who have served him or his ancestors."

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"Tenant" Quotes from Famous Books

... tenant of the Pagoda, though, as she told the eager Janet, this did not prevent a stay in London for the sake of the classes and the society, of whom she was always talking, only there must be time ...

— Magnum Bonum • Charlotte M. Yonge

... gem to Sophie Mellerby. There were bequests to all the servants, a thousand pounds to the vicar of the parish,—which perhaps was the only legacy which astonished the legatee,—and his affectionate love to every tenant on the estate. All the world acknowledged that it was as good a will as the Earl could have made. Then the last of the strangers left the house, and the Earl of Scroope was left to begin his reign and do his ...

— An Eye for an Eye • Anthony Trollope

... Madame Capello, and how did they receive you? Let me know who are the ladies whose houses you frequent the most. Have you seen the Comptesse d'Orselska, Princess of Holstein? Is Comte Algarotti, who was the TENANT there, at Venice? ...

— The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son • The Earl of Chesterfield

... no desire to leave the neighbourhood. It was an agreeable and daily diversion for her to run up to the shop, and prophesy ruin and disaster to Chook and Pinkey for taking a shop that had beggared the last tenant, ignoring the fact that Jack Ryan had converted his profits into beer. Chook's rough tongue made her wince at times, but she refused to take offence for more than a day. She had taken a fancy to Chook the moment she had set eyes on him, and was sure Pinkey was responsible for ...

— Jonah • Louis Stone

... very little expense. The Indian tenant on an estate has a house and land from the owner (hacienda) of the estate. For this he binds himself to work for two to four days a week, at from 28 to 36 cents per day, women and children obtaining 16 to 21 cents per day. Thus the planting, weeding, etc., during the first two years ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 • Various

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