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tenement

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tenement  \Ten"e*ment\,  n.  [OF.  tenement  a  holding,  a  fief,  F. 
  t[`e]nement,  LL  tenementum  fr  L.  tenere  to  hold  See 
  {Tenant}.] 
  1.  (Feud.  Law)  That  which  is  held  of  another  by  service; 
  property  which  one  holds  of  a  lord  or  proprietor  in 
  consideration  of  some  military  or  pecuniary  service;  fief; 
  fee. 
 
  2.  (Common  Law)  Any  species  of  permanent  property  that  may  be 
  held,  so  as  to  create  a  tenancy,  as  lands,  houses,  rents, 
  commons,  an  office,  an  advowson,  a  franchise,  a  right  of 
  common,  a  peerage,  and  the  like  --  called  also  {free  or 
  frank  tenements}. 
 
  The  thing  held  is  a  tenement,  the  possessor  of  it  a 
  ``tenant,''  and  the  manner  of  possession  is  called 
  ``tenure.''  --Blackstone. 
 
  3.  A  dwelling  house;  a  building  for  a  habitation;  also  an 
  apartment,  or  suite  of  rooms  in  a  building,  used  by  one 
  family;  often  a  house  erected  to  be  rented. 
 
  4.  Fig.:  Dwelling;  abode;  habitation. 
 
  Who  has  informed  us  that  a  rational  soul  can  inhabit 
  no  tenement,  unless  it  has  just  such  a  sort  of 
  frontispiece?  --Locke. 
 
  {Tenement  house},  commonly,  a  dwelling  house  erected  for  the 
  purpose  of  being  rented,  and  divided  into  separate 
  apartments  or  tenements  for  families.  The  term  is  often 
  applied  to  apartment  houses  occupied  by  poor  families. 
 
  Syn:  House;  dwelling;  habitation. 
 
  Usage:  {Tenement},  {House}.  There  may  be  many  houses  under 
  one  roof,  but  they  are  completely  separated  from  each 
  other  by  party  walls.  A  tenement  may  be  detached  by 
  itself  or  it  may  be  part  of  a  house  divided  off  for 
  the  use  of  a  family. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Dominant  \Dom"i*nant\,  a.  [L.  dominans,  -antis,  p.  pr  of 
  dominari:  cf  F.  dominant.  See  {Dominate}.] 
  Ruling;  governing;  prevailing;  controlling;  predominant;  as 
  the  dominant  party,  church,  spirit,  power. 
 
  The  member  of  a  dominant  race  is  in  his  dealings  with 
  the  subject  race,  seldom  indeed  fraudulent,  .  .  .  but 
  imperious,  insolent,  and  cruel.  --Macaulay. 
 
  {Dominant  estate}  or  {tenement}  (Law),  the  estate  to  which  a 
  servitude  or  easement  is  due  from  another  estate,  the 
  estate  over  which  the  servitude  extends  being  called  the 
  servient  estate  or  tenement.  --Bouvier.  --Wharton's  Law 
  Dict. 
 
  {Dominant  owner}  (Law),  one  who  owns  lands  on  which  there  is 
  an  easement  owned  by  another. 
 
  Syn:  Governing;  ruling;  controlling;  prevailing;  predominant; 
  ascendant. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tenement 
  n  :  a  rundown  apartment  house  barely  meeting  minimal  standards 
  [syn:  {tenement  house}]




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