Tenure
['tenjə] or ['tɛnjɚ]
Definition
(noun.) the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands.
(noun.) the term during which some position is held.
(verb.) give life-time employment to; 'She was tenured after she published her book'.
Editor: Ryan--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act or right of holding, as property, especially real estate.
(n.) The manner of holding lands and tenements of a superior.
(n.) The consideration, condition, or service which the occupier of land gives to his lord or superior for the use of his land.
(n.) Manner of holding, in general; as, in absolute governments, men hold their rights by a precarious tenure.
Typist: Ruben
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. (Law.) Manner or principle of holding (lands and tenements).[2]. Holding, use, occupation, occupancy, possession (for the time).
Typed by Clint
Definition
n. a general name for the conditions on which land is held by the persons who occupy and use it.
Checker: Maryann
Examples
- Mr Dorrit was in the habit of receiving this old man as if the old man held of him in vassalage under some feudal tenure. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Lands held by a noble tenure, at thirty-eight and one-third per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- There are many celebrated characters, literary, philosophical, and otherwise, who hold a high reputation on a similar tenure. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Lands held by a base tenure, at thirty-five and one-third per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In Silesia, lands held by a noble tenure are taxed three per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Hence Sir Leicester yields up his family legs to the family disorder as if he held his name and fortune on that feudal tenure. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Edited by Barbie