- 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. - 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 / frank tenements. - 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. - Fig.: Dwelling; abode; habitation.
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