1 nontenure | Definition of nontenure

nontenure

noun
non·​tenure | \ "+\

Definition of nontenure

: a former plea in bar made by a defendant in a real action setting up that he did not hold the land : a plea denying a demise or letting

History and Etymology for nontenure

Anglo-French nountenure, from noun- non- entry 1 + Middle French tenure

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