terre-tenant noun.
['tɛ:tɛnǝnt] LME.[Anglo-Norman terre tenaunt = holding land, from terre land + tenaunt TENANT noun.]Law (now
Hist.). A person who has the actual possession of land; the occupant of land. Also, an owner in fee of land acquired from a judgement debtor.
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