TENUIT

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  TENUIT. Which he held. When the tenancy is ended and the tenant is sued in 
  an action of waste, the averment of tenure is in the tenuit. For a 
  distinction between the averment in the tenet and tenuit, see 2 Greenl. Ev. 
  Sec. 652, and Tenet.