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Definition: ESTATE OF SUFFERANCE

Part of Speech Definition
Expression 1. (Law), the holding by a tenant who came in by a lawful title, but remains, after his right has expired, without positive leave of the owner. --Blackstone.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Definition: ESTATE OF SUFFERANCE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Expression1. (Law), the holding by a tenant who came in by a lawful title, but remains, after his right has expired, without positive leave of the owner. --Blackstone.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Common Expressions: ESTATE OF SUFFERANCE

ExpressionsDefinition
Estate of sufferance(Law), the holding by a tenant who came in by a lawful title, but remains, after his right has expired, without positive leave of the owner. --Blackstone. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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