VERAY TENANT, OR TRUE TENANT,
\vˈɛɹe͡ɪ tˈɛnənt], \vˈɛɹeɪ tˈɛnənt], \v_ˈɛ_ɹ_eɪ t_ˈɛ_n_ə_n_t]\
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Eng. law. One who holds a fee simple; in pleadings, he is called simply tenant. He differs from a tenant by the manner in this, that the latter holds a less estate than a fee which remains in the reversioner.
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A veray tenant by the manner is the same as tenant by the manner, with this difference only, that the fee simple, instead of remaining in the land, is given by him or by the law, to another. Ham. N. P. 394.
By John Bouvier
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