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  • TENERI
    The Latin name for that clause in a bond in which the obligor expresses that he is "held and firmly bound" to the obligee, his heirs, etc.
  • TENET; TENUIT
    Lat He holds; he held. In the Latin forms of the writ of waste against a tenant, these words introduced the allegation of tenure. If the tenancy still existed, and recovery of the land was sought the former word was used, (and the writ was said to be "in the More...
  • TENHEDED, OR TIENHEOFED
    In old English law. A dean. Cowell.
  • TENMENTALE
    The number of ten men, which number, in the time of the Saxons, was called a "decennary;" and ten decennaries made what was called a "hundred." Also a duty or tribute paid to the crown, consisting of two shillings for each plow-land. Enc. Lond.
  • TENNE
    A term of heraldry, meaning orange color. In engravings it should be represented by lines in bend sinister crossed by others bar-ways. Heralds who blazon by the names of the heavenly bodies, call it "dragon's head," and those who employ jewels, "jacinth." It is one of the colors called "stalnand." More...
  • TENOR
    A term used in pleading to denote that an exact copy is set out 1 Chit Crim. Law, 235. By the tenor of a deed, or other instrument in writing, is signified the matter contained therein, according to the true intent and meaning thereof. Cowell. "Tenor," in pleading a written More...
  • TENORE INDICTAMENTI MITTENDO
    A writ whereby the record of an indictment, and the process thereupon, was called out of another court into the queen's bench. Reg. Orig. 69.
  • TENORE PRAESENTIUM
    By the tenor of these presents, i. e. the matter contained therein, or rather the intent and meaning thereof. Cowell.
  • TENSERIAE
    A sort of ancient tax or military contribution. Wharton.
  • TENTATES PANIS
    The essay or assay of bread. Blount.
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