Tenant ::
Tenant (n.) One who holds or
possesses lands, or other real
estate, by any kind of
right, whether in fee
simple, in
common, in
severalty, for life, for
years, or at will; also, one who has the
occupation or
temporary possession of lands or
tenements the title of which is in
another; --
correlative to
landlord. See
Citation from
Blackstone, under
Tenement, 2..