- frank tenement
- A free tenement; a freehold.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
frank tenement
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frank-tenement — frankˈ tenement noun (feudal law) Freehold • • • Main Entry: ↑frank … Useful english dictionary
frank tenement — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French fraunc tenement, from Old French franc, fraunc free + tenement more at tenement : a freehold estate … Useful english dictionary
frank-tenement — In English law, a free tenement, freeholding, or freehold. 2 Bl.Comm. 61, 62, 104. Used to denote both the tenure and the estate … Black's law dictionary
frank-tenement — In English law, a free tenement, freeholding, or freehold. 2 Bl.Comm. 61, 62, 104. Used to denote both the tenure and the estate … Black's law dictionary
Tenement (law) — A tenement (from the Latin to hold ), in law, is anything that is held, rather than owned. This usage is a holdover from feudalism, which still forms the basis of all real estate law in the English speaking world.Under feudalism, land itself is… … Wikipedia
tenement — /tenamant/ This term, in its common acceptation, is only applied to houses and other buildings, but in its original, proper, and legal sense it signifies everything that may be holden, provided it be of a permanent nature, whether it be of a… … Black's law dictionary
frank tenements — Tenement Ten e*ment, n. [OF. tenement a holding, a fief, F. t[ e]nement, LL. tenementum, fr. L. tenere to hold. See {Tenant}.] 1. (Feud. Law) That which is held of another by service; property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tenement — Ten e*ment, n. [OF. tenement a holding, a fief, F. t[ e]nement, LL. tenementum, fr. L. tenere to hold. See {Tenant}.] 1. (Feud. Law) That which is held of another by service; property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in consideration of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tenement house — Tenement Ten e*ment, n. [OF. tenement a holding, a fief, F. t[ e]nement, LL. tenementum, fr. L. tenere to hold. See {Tenant}.] 1. (Feud. Law) That which is held of another by service; property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
free tenement — noun Etymology: Middle English fre tenement (translation of Anglo French fraunc tenement frank tenement), from fre free + tenement English law : a freehold tenement … Useful english dictionary
