Terre-tenant

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Terre-tenant \Terre"-ten`ant\, n. [F. terre earth, land +
     tenant, p. pr. of tenir to hold.] (Law)
     One who has the actual possession of land; the occupant.
     [Written also {ter-tenant}.]
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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  TERRE-TENANT, or improperly terre-tenant. One who has the actual possession 
  of land; but in a more technical sense, he who is seised of the land; and, 
  in the latter sense the owner of the land, or the person seised, is the 
  terre-tenant, and not the lessee. 4 W. & S. 256; Bac. Ab. Uses and Trusts, 
  in pr. It has been holden that mere occupiers of the land are not terre-
  tenants. Bee 16 S. & R, 432; 3 Penna. 229; 2 Saund. 7, n. 4; 2 Bl. Com. 91, 
  328.