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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Tenendas, . [L. tenendas to be held, pl. fem. gerundive of tenēre to hold.] The clause in a charter which describes how the lands in question are to be held of the superior. —1681 Stair Inst. ii iii § 15.
In all charters, both by king and subjects, the clause tenendas useth to be insert
