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n.A person who holds an interest in property until the end of a life, either the tenant’s or someone else’s.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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tenant — ten·ant / te nənt/ n [Anglo French, from Old French, from present participle of tenir to hold, from Latin tenēre]: one who holds or possesses property by any kind of right: one who holds a tenancy in property; specif: one who possesses property… … Law dictionary
life tenant — n: a tenant having possession of property for the duration of his or her life: one having a life estate in property Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. life tenant … Law dictionary
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tenant — A partial owner of a security, or the holder of some property. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary See: lessee. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * tenant ten‧ant [ˈtenənt] noun [countable] LAW PROPERTY a person … Financial and business terms
tenant for life — a person entitled under a trust to the use of or income from property for the duration of his life. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001. tenant for life … Law dictionary
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