tenure
91tenure in gavelkind — See gavelkind …
92tenure of trustee — The continuance of one s status as trustee until he resigns, is discharged, dies, becomes incompetent, or the trust terminates. 54 Am J1st Trusts § 127 …
93tenure by free alms — frankalmoign …
94Land-Tenure in the Christian Era — • The way in which land has been held or owned during the nineteen hundred years which have seen in Europe the rise and establishment of the Church is a matter for historical inquiry. Strictly speaking, the way in which such ownership or tenure… …
95Land tenure — is the name given, particularly in common law systems, to the legal regime in which land is owned by an individual, who is said to hold the land (the French verb tenir means to hold ; tenant is the present participle of tenir ). The sovereign… …
96Security of tenure — is a term used in political science to describe a constitutional or legal guarantee that an office holder cannot be removed from office except in exceptional and specified circumstances. Without security of tenure, an office holder may find his… …
97feudal land tenure — System by which land was held by tenants from lords. In England and France, the king was lord paramount and master of the realm. He granted land to his lords, who granted land to their vassals and so on down to the occupying tenant. Tenures were… …
98land tenure — Land tenure is a crucial factor in the operation of rural land markets, influencing the pace and direction of agricultural development. Since land tenure systems govern access to the means of production in agriculture, they have also been an… …
99Land tenure in England — Land tenure in EnglandEven before the Norman Conquest, there was a strong tradition of landholding in Anglo Saxon law. When William the Conqueror asserted sovereignty over England in 1066, he confiscated the property of the recalcitrant English… …
100Ecclesiastical Tenure — Ecclesiastical Tenure † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Tenure I. In the feudal system an ecclesiastical fief followed all the laws laid down for temporal fiefs. The suzerain, e.g. bishop, abbot, or other possessor, granted an… …
