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tenant definition - legal

n

  1. The possessor or occupier of land by virtue of any kind of title or right. See tenancy.
  2. One who pays rent in order to temporarily occupy or possess someone elseÂ’s land under the terms of a lease or similar document. See lessee.
life tenant
a person with the right to use property for life, with no ability to bequeath same to own heirs.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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