Category:Tenancy

Ten"an*cy, n.; pl. Tenacies. Etym: [cf. Of. tenace, ll. tenentia. See Tenant.] (law) (a) a holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary Possession of what belongs to another. (b) (o. Eng. Law) a house for habitation, or place to live in, held Of another. Blount. Blackstone. Wharton.