The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tenacies
Tenancy \Ten"an*cy\, n.; pl. Tenacies. [Cf. OF. tenace, LL. tenentia. See Tenant.] (Law)
A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs to another.
(O. Eng. Law) A house for habitation, or place to live in, held of another.
--Blount. Blackstone. Wharton.