12) Kain Hens. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...Hens that a tenant pays to his landlord, as a sort of rent in kind (ill-fed hens). (Guy Mannering, v.) 1...

13) I. Genesis of the Tenement. Riis, Jacob A. 1890. How the Other Half Lives
...It was the rear house, infamous ever after in our city s history. There had been tenant-houses before, but they were not built for the purpose. Nothing would probably...

14) Cop'yhold Estate. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...Land which a tenant holds [or rather, held] without any deed of transfer in his own possession. His only document is a copy of the roll made by the steward of the...

15) Quit Rent. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...A rent formerly paid by a tenant whereby he was released from feudal service. 1...

16) Elsie. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...The daughter of Gottlieb, a farm tenant of Prince Henry of Hoheneck. The prince was suffering severely from some malady, and was told that he would be cured if any...

17) tenet. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993
...See TENANT. 1...

18) rent. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...rent, in law, periodic payment by a tenant for the use of another's property. In economics, its meaning is more complex, but since the word rent means any income...

19) 779. Possessor. Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. 1922. Roget s International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
... NOUN: POSSESSOR, holder; occupant, occupier; tenant; person or man in possession [See Possession]; renter, lodger, lessee, underlessee; zamindar or zemindar [India];...

20) Ribbonism. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...Ireland about 1808. Its two main objects were (1) to secure "fixity of tenure," called the tenant-right; and (2) to deter anyone from taking land from which a tenant...