Definitions for: Tenancy

[n] an act of being a tenant or occupant

Webster (1913) Definition: Ten"an*cy, n.; pl. Tenacies. [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.

Synonyms: occupancy

See Also: abidance, habitation, inhabitancy, inhabitation, residence, residency

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