1. (n.) The term during which property or a position is held by legal right\.

2. (n.) The manner of holding lands and tenements of a superior.

3. (n.) The consideration, condition, or service which the occupier of land gives to his lord or superior for the use of his land.

4. (n.) Manner of holding, in general; as, in absolute governments, men hold their rights by a precarious tenure.

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