Tenendum
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TENENDUM, conveyancing. This is a Latin word, which signifies to hold.
2. It was formerly that part of a deed which was used to express the
tenure by which the estate granted was holden; but since all freehold
tenures were converted into socage, the tenendum is of no further use even
in England, and is therefore joined to the habendum in this manner, "to have
and to hold." The words "to hold" have now no meaning in our deeds. 2 Bl.
Com. 298. Vide Habendum.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.