Tenure: alternatives and connections

The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office…

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A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lord's co…

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A bishopric; the office and dignity of a bishop.

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An estate in real property, of inheritance (in fee simple or fee tail) or for life; or the tenure by which such estate is held.

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The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care.

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To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

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Elevated; raised aloft.

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To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance…

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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.

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Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.

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Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.

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The state of being incumbent; a lying or resting on something.

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