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A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs to another.

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  1. n. A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs to another.
  2. n. A house for habitation, or place to live in, held of another.
  3. n. an act of being a tenant or occupant
  4. (a) A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs to another. (b) (O. Eng. Law) A house for habitation, or place to live in, held of another. Blount. Blackstone. Wharton.
  5. n:100 n an act of being a tenant or occupant