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tenant-in-chief
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Noun
tenant-in-chief (plural tenants-in-chief)
- (law, historical) A tenant holding title to their land directly from a lord paramount beholden to no-one; particularly, a lord holding title directly from the king, owing additional responsibilities such as personal military service.
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- tenant paravail, mesne lord, lord paramount
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