Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
tenant — In the broadest sense, one who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of right or title, whether in fee, for life, for years, at will, or otherwise. In a more restricted sense, one who holds lands of another; one who has the temporary… … Black's law dictionary
praecipe in capite — inˈkapəˌtē noun Etymology: New Latin : a writ of right issuing from a Chancery Court in aid of a disseized tenant of land in chief holding immediately of the crown compare praecipe 1 … Useful english dictionary
double voucher — A form of common recovery wherein the praecipe or writ was brought against an indifferent person to whom a conveyance of an estate of freehold had been made as a matter of form, and who then vouched the tenant in tail, the latter thereupon… … Ballentine's law dictionary
