Tenet
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TENET. Which he holds. There are two ways of stating the tenure in an action
of waste. The averment is either in the tenet and the tenuit; it has a
reference to the time of the waste done, and not to the time of bringing the
action.
2. When the averment is in the tenet the plaintiff on obtaining a
verdict, will recover the place wasted, namely, that part of the premises in
which the waste was exclusively done, if it were done in a par only,
together with treble damages. But when the averment is in the tenuit, the
tenancy being at an end, he will have judgment for his damages only. 2
Greenl. Ev. 652.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.