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. Judgments §§ 593, 596.]

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