Definition of Tenendum

1. a clause in a deed [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenendum

tenebrose
tenebrosity
tenebrous
tenebrously
tenebrousness
tenebrousnesses
tenectomy
teneliximab
tenement
tenement district
tenement house
tenemental
tenementary
tenementlike
tenements
tenendum (current term)
tenendums
tenent
tenents
teneral
tenerity
tenes
tenesmic
tenesmuses
tenet
tenets
tenfold
tenfoldness
tenfolds

Literary usage of Tenendum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Institutes of American Law by John Bouvier (1854)
"Of the tenendum. 2036. The tenendum, to hold, is the next part of a deed. • It was formerly used to express the tenure by which the estate granted was ..."

2. Institutes of Common and Statute Law by John Barbee Minor (1878)
"tenendum. The tenendum was formerly much used, being designed to signify the tenure and feudal services, whereby the land conveyed was to be holden. ..."

3. Handbook of the Law of Real Property by William Livesey Burdick (1914)
"21 It is usually associated with the "tenendum" clause; ... "Originally, under the feudal system, the office of the habendum and tenendum clauses was to ..."

4. New Commentaries on the Laws of England: (Partly Founded on Blackstone) by Henry John Stephen (1841)
"Next comes the habendum and tenendum ("to have and to hold"). The office of the habendum is properly to determine what estate or interest is granted by the ..."

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