Definition of Tennt
Ten"ant (?), n. [F. tenant, p. pr. of
tenir to hold. See Tenable, and cf. Lieutenant.]
1. (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
Blackstone, under Tenement, 2. Blount.
Wharton.
2. One who has possession of any place; a dweller;
an occupant. "Sweet tenants of this grove."
Cowper.
The hhappy tenant of your shade.
Cowley.
The sister tenants of the middle deep.
Byron.
Tenant in capite [L. in in + capite,
abl. of caput head, chief.], 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. Blackstone. -- Tenant in
common. See under Common.
Ten"ant, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tenanted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tenanting.] To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.
Sir Roger's estate is tenanted by persons who have
served him or his ancestors. Addison.
Ten"ant (?), n. [F. tenant, p. pr. of
tenir to hold. See Tenable, and cf. Lieutenant.]
1. (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
Blackstone, under Tenement, 2. Blount.
Wharton.
2. One who has possession of any place; a dweller;
an occupant. "Sweet tenants of this grove."
Cowper.
The hhappy tenant of your shade.
Cowley.
The sister tenants of the middle deep.
Byron.
Tenant in capite [L. in in + capite,
abl. of caput head, chief.], 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. Blackstone. -- Tenant in
common. See under Common.
Ten"ant, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tenanted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Tenanting.] To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant.
Sir Roger's estate is tenanted by persons who have
served him or his ancestors. Addison.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- one who pays a fee (rent) in return for the use of land, buildings, or other property owned by others
* "Long even before the last tenant had occupied it, the room had been regarded with fear and aversion, and the end of that last tenant had in no way lightened the gloom that hung about the place." — The Thing in the Upper Room by Arthur Morrison
- an occupant
- (law) one who rents their own property to others
- (law) one who possesses property
- to hold as, or be, a tenant
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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