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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Tenancy

/tĕn'-ən-sē/ · Ten·an·cy · IPA /ˈtɛnənsi/
01 n. A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs to another.
pl. Tenacies ((#))
  1. 1.
    A holding, or a mode of holding, an estate; tenure; the temporary possession of what belongs to another.(Law)