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Precarious :: Precarious (a.) Held by a doubtful tenure; depending on unknown causes or events; exposed to constant risk; not to be depended on for certainty or stability; uncertain; as, a precarious state of health; precarious fortunes..

Villain :: Villain (n.) One who holds lands by a base, or servile, tenure, or in villenage; a feudal tenant of the lowest class, a bondman or servant..

Bockland :: Bockland (n.) Charter land held by deed under certain rents and free services, which differed in nothing from free socage lands. This species of tenure has given rise to the modern freeholds..

Base :: Base (a.) Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant, a base tenant..

Tenure :: Tenure (n.) Manner of holding, in general; as, in absolute governments, men hold their rights by a precarious tenure..

Fixity :: Fixity (n.) Fixedness; as, fixity of tenure; also, that which is fixed..

Tenure :: Tenure (n.) The act or right of holding, as property, especially real estate..

Fedaliza/tion :: Fedaliza/tion (n.) The act of reducing to feudal tenure.

Gavelkind :: Gavelkind (n.) A tenure by which land descended from the father to all his sons in equal portions, and the land of a brother, dying without issue, descended equally to his brothers. It still prevails in the county of Kent..

Feodality :: Feodality (n.) Feudal tenure; the feudal system. See Feudality.

Leasehold :: Leasehold (n.) A tenure by lease; specifically, land held as personalty under a lease for years..

Chivalry :: Chivalry (n.) A tenure of lands by knight's service; that is, by the condition of a knight's performing service on horseback, or of performing some noble or military service to his lord..

Undertenancy :: Undertenancy (n.) Tenancy or tenure under a tenant or lessee; the tenure of an undertenant.

Castle-guard :: Castle-guard (n.) A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time..

Sergeanty :: Sergeanty (n.) Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service not due to any lord, but to the king only..

Subinfeudation :: Subinfeudation (n.) The granting of lands by inferior lords to their dependents, to be held by themselves by feudal tenure..

Bondage :: Bondage (a.) Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner.

Tenure :: Tenure (n.) The manner of holding lands and tenements of a superior.

Nontenure :: Nontenure (n.) A plea of a defendant that he did not hold the land, as affirmed..

Knight Service :: Knight service () A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. See Chivalry, n., 4..

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