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Definition of Tenements
1. tenement [n] - See also: tenement
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenements
Literary usage of Tenements
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"... intend the statute in such manner, as a man that hath nothing but in right of
his wife might by fine levied by him of the same tenements (per fine levie ..."
2. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
""Tenements are of two kinds, frank- tenement, and villeinage. And, of frank-tenements,
some are held freely in consideration of homage and knight service; ..."
3. The Growth of Cities in the Nineteenth Century: A Study in Statistics by Adna Ferrin Weber (1899)
"To the erection of model tenements in the suburbs no possible objection can be
offered, and this is unquestionably the direction private philanthropy should ..."
4. The Growth of Cities in the Nineteenth Century: A Study in Statistics by Adna Ferrin Weber (1899)
"To the erection of model tenements in the suburbs no possible objection can be
offered, and this is unquestionably the direction private philanthropy should ..."
5. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"The term "real estate" comprises those lands and tenements or rights In lands
and tenements in which the owner has the absolute estate. ..."
6. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"... intend the statute in such manner, as a man that hath nothing but in right of
his wife might by fine levied by him of the same tenements (per fine levie ..."
7. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
""Tenements are of two kinds, frank- tenement, and villeinage. And, of frank-tenements,
some are held freely in consideration of homage and knight service; ..."
8. The Growth of Cities in the Nineteenth Century: A Study in Statistics by Adna Ferrin Weber (1899)
"To the erection of model tenements in the suburbs no possible objection can be
offered, and this is unquestionably the direction private philanthropy should ..."
9. The Growth of Cities in the Nineteenth Century: A Study in Statistics by Adna Ferrin Weber (1899)
"To the erection of model tenements in the suburbs no possible objection can be
offered, and this is unquestionably the direction private philanthropy should ..."
10. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"The term "real estate" comprises those lands and tenements or rights In lands
and tenements in which the owner has the absolute estate. ..."
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