☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Tenure

The system of landholding in feudal law — the terms and conditions upon which land was held from a superior lord. Free tenures included knight-service, grand sergeanty, and socage; unfree tenure was villeinage.

Etymology: Old French: 'tenir' — to hold · Category: English Legal History · Source: Black's Law Dictionary
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