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LIFE TENANT

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• 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.

• LIFE TENANT (noun)

Sense 1

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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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