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A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by succession, that he was his man, or vassal; profession of fealty to a sovereign.

The home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by the head of a family, and occupied by him and his family. Homestead law. (a) A law conferring special privileges or exemptions upon owners of homesteads; esp., a law exempting a homestead from attachment or sale under execution for general debts. Such laws, with limi…

Wood allowed to a tenant for repairing the house and for fuel. This latter is often called firebote. See Bote.

ependently of stipulation, over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent.

tter. -- Im*prov"ing*ly, adv. Improving lease (Scots Law), an extend lease to induce the tenant to make improvements on the premises.

Going; entering, as upon an office or a possession; as, an in- going tenant.

One who succeeds another, as a tenant of land, houses, etc. [Eng.]

Coming in, succeeding, or following, as occupant or possessor; as, in incoming tenant.

ed. To rise in science as in bliss, Initiate in the secrets of the skies. Young. Initiate tenant by courtesy (Law), said of a husband who becomes such in his wife's estate of inheritance by the birth of a child, but whose estate is not consummated till the death of the wife. Mozley & W.

ons; esp., in the native army of India, an officer of a rank corresponding to that of lieutenant in the English army. [Written also jemadar, jamadar.]

th associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; joint debtor, etc. "Joint tenants of the world." Donne.

Poultry, etc., required by the lease to be paid in kind by a tenant to his landlord. Wharton (Law Dict.).

In Ireland, a combination of tenant farmers and other, organized, with Charles Stewart Parnell as president, in 1879 with a view to the reduction of farm rents and a reconstruction of the land laws. -- Land"*lea`guer (#), n. -- Land"*lea`guism (#), n.

A woman having real estate which she leases to a tenant or tenants.

The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.

aracteristics of a landlord; specifically, in Great Britain, the relation of landlords to tenants, especially as regards leased agricultural lands. J. S. Mill.

ands, tenements, and hereditaments; to let; to demise; as, a landowner leases a farm to a tenant; -- sometimes with out. There were some [houses] that were leased out for three lives. Addison.

A tenant under a lease. -- Lease"hold`ing, a. & n.

The office, rank, or commission, of a lieutenant.

it to public documents. The office is now merged in that of the chancellor. -- Lord lieutenant, a representative of British royalty: the lord lieutenant of Ireland being the representative of royalty there, and exercising supreme administrative authority; the lord lieutenant of a county being a deputy to manage its m…