tenurialadj.
/tɛˈnjʊərɪəl/, /tᵻˈnjʊərɪəl/, U.S. /tɛˈnjʊriəl/ Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of the tenure of land.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [adjective]
tenurial1896
1896 F. W. Maitland in Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. 18 The borough court is not founded on a tenurial or feudal principle.
1898 F. W. Maitland Township & Borough 69 The tenurial rent paid by tenant to lord becomes practically indistinguishable from the mere rent charge which implies no tenure.
1908 Spectator 20 June 978/1 All land-holding having become tenurial, the lord's consent was necessary to each alienation.
Derivatives
teˈnurially adv. in respect of tenure.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [adverb]
tenurially1896
1896 F. W. Maitland in Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. 18 The burgesses were a tenurially heterogeneous group.
1898 F. W. Maitland Township & Borough 72 Because feudally, tenurially, the borough is patch~work.
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adj.1896