He of whom lands or ten-ementa are holdeu. He who, being tbe owner of an estate in land, has leased the same for a term of yeara, on a rent reserved, to au-other person, called the “teuaut.” Jackson v. Harsen, 7 Cow. (N. Y.) 326, 17 Am. Dec. 517; Becker v. Becker, 13 App. Div. 342, 43 N. Y. Supp. 17
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
