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| • | That which is held of another by service; property which one holds of a lord or proprietor in consideration of some military or pecuniary service; fief; fee. |
| • | Any species of permanent property that may be held, so as to create a tenancy, as lands, houses, rents, commons, an office, an advowson, a franchise, a right of common, a peerage, and the like; -- called also free / frank tenements. |
| • | A dwelling house; a building for a habitation; also, an apartment, or suite of rooms, in a building, used by one family; often, a house erected to be rented. |
| • | Fig.: Dwelling; abode; habitation. |