Holding+tenure

  • 1tenure — ten·ure / ten yər/ n [Anglo French, feudal holding, from Old French teneüre, from Medieval Latin tenitura, ultimately from Latin tenēre to hold] 1: the act, manner, duration, or right of holding something tenure of office; specif: the manner of… …

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  • 2Tenure — Ten ure, n. [F. tenure, OF. teneure, fr. F. tenir to hold. See {Tenable}.] 1. The act or right of holding, as property, especially real estate. [1913 Webster] That the tenure of estates might rest on equity, the Indian title to lands was in all… …

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  • 3Tenure by fee alms — Tenure Ten ure, n. [F. tenure, OF. teneure, fr. F. tenir to hold. See {Tenable}.] 1. The act or right of holding, as property, especially real estate. [1913 Webster] That the tenure of estates might rest on equity, the Indian title to lands was… …

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  • 4tenure — early 15c., holding of a tenement, from Anglo Fr. and O.Fr. tenure a tenure, estate in land (13c.), from O.Fr. tenir to hold, from V.L. *tenire, from L. tenere to hold (see TENET (Cf. tenet)). The sense of condition or fact of holding a status,… …

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  • 5holding — hold·ing 1 n 1: a ruling of a court upon an issue of law raised in a case: the pronouncement of law supported by the reasoning in a court s opinion compare decision, dictum, disposition …

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  • 6tenure — ► NOUN 1) the conditions under which land or buildings are held or occupied. 2) the holding of an office. ● security of tenure Cf. ↑security of tenure ORIGIN Old French, from Latin tenere to hold …

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  • 7tenure — [ten′yər, ten′yoor] n. [ME < MFr < tenir, to hold: see TENANT] 1. the act or right of holding property, an office, a position, etc. 2. the length of time, or the conditions under which, something is held 3. the status of holding one s… …

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  • 8Holding — Hold ing, n. 1. The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining. [1913 Webster] 2. A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another. [1913 Webster] 3. That which holds, binds, or influences. Burke. [1913 Webster] 4. The burden or chorus of …

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  • 9Holding note — Holding Hold ing, n. 1. The act or state of sustaining, grasping, or retaining. [1913 Webster] 2. A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another. [1913 Webster] 3. That which holds, binds, or influences. Burke. [1913 Webster] 4. The burden or… …

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  • 10tenure — [n] time in position of responsibility administration, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clutch, dynasty, grasp, grip, hold, holding, incumbency, occupancy, occupation, ownership, possession, proprietorship, regime, reign, residence, security,… …

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