Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Contenement
Appurtenance From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
In old English law, contenement is that which is held together with another thing; that which is connected with a tenement, or thing held, such as a certain quantity of land adjacent to a dwelling, and necessary to the reputable enjoyment of the dwelling. This is also known as "appurtenance".
Look up contenement in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
According to some legal authors, the term should signify the countenance, credit, or reputation a person has, with and by reason of his freehold. And in such sense it is used in the statute 1 Edw. III, etc., where it stands as synonymous with "countenance".
Remove ads
References
- Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "Contenement". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1st ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads