terre tenant
terre-tenant (tair ten-[schwa]nt). 1. One who has actual possession of land; the occupant of land. 2. One who has an interest in a judgment debtor’s land after the judgment creditor’s lien has attached to the land (such as a subsequent purchaser). — Also spelled tertenant (t[schwa]r-ten-[schwa]nt). — Also termed land-tenant. [Cases: Judgment 793, 794. C.J.S. […]