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LIFE TENANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does life tenant mean?
• LIFE TENANT (noun)
The noun LIFE TENANT has 1 sense:
1. a tenant whose legal right to retain possession of buildings or lands lasts as long as they (or some other person) live
Familiarity information: LIFE TENANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tenant whose legal right to retain possession of buildings or lands lasts as long as they (or some other person) live
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("life tenant" is a kind of...):
tenant (a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease))
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