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tenancy
noun
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Word History
ten(ant) entry 1 + -ancy (probably after Anglo-French tenaunce)
1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Tenancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenancy. Accessed 7 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
tenancy
nounLegal Definition
tenancy
nouncalled also tenancy at sufferance
called also tenancy by the entireties
compare estate by the entirety at estate sense 1More from Merriam-Webster on tenancy
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