Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, one who is seized of or has the actual possession of land as the owner thereof; the occupant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) One who has the actual possession of land; the occupant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law One who has the actual possession of land; the
occupant .
Etymologies
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French terre earth, land + tenant, present participle of tenir to hold.
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