tenement

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English - English
any form of property that is held by one person from another, rather than being owned
a building that is rented to multiple tenants, especially a low-rent, run-down one
{n} a house, apartment, whatever estate may be held
An apartment building, block of flats or tenement is a multi-unit dwelling made up of several (generally four or more) apartments (US) or flats (UK). Where the building is a high-rise construction, it is termed a tower block in the UK and elsewhere. The term apartment building is used regardless of height in the US
a rundown apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
All rights in land which pass with a conveyance of the land
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 or frank tenements
A house used as a home by many families
A tenement is one of the flats in a tenement. a large building divided into apartments, especially in the poorer areas of a city tenement building/house/block (from tenementum, from tenere; TENOR)
A tenement is a large, old building which is divided into a number of individual flats. elegant 19th century tenement buildings
Everything that may be occupied under a lease by a tenant
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
in property law, any form of permanent property, such as land, dwelling, shop etc
Everything of a permanent nature which May be holden
Fig
Property that could be subject to tenure under English land law; usually land, buildings or apartments The word is rarely used nowadays except to refer to dominant or servient tenements when qualifying easements
{i} place of dwelling; condominium, apartment building
Dwelling; abode; habitation
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
A parcel of land usually including a dwelling house Term later used for the house itself
A common law real estate term that describes those real property rights of a perminant nature These rights relate to the land and pass with conveyance of the land, such as buildings and improvements
tenement district
a residential district occupied primarily with tenement houses
tenement house
poorly maintained apartment building in a low-rent area
tenements
1 A legal word for a property or fixed asset (see dominant or servient tenement regarding easements) 2 Term for units in an aging apartment complex or building
tenements
Possessions that are permanent and fixed--structures attached to land
tenements
1 possessions that are permanent and fixed; structures attached to land 2 older apartment units
tenements
Plural of tenement
tenement
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