Sc. Law. [L. acc. pl. fem. of gerundive of tenēre to hold = ‘(the lands) to be held.’] See quot. 1710.
1681. Stair, Inst. Law Scot., xiii. § 15. 236. In all Charters, both by King and Subjects, the Clause Tenendas useth to be insert.
1710. Dict. Feudal Law, Tenendas, is that Clause of a Charter, which expresses what way and manner the Lands are to be holden of the Superior.
1765–8. Erskine, Inst. Law Scot., II. iii. § 24. The next clause in a charter is the Tenendas, so called from the first words, Tenend. prædictas terras.
1815. R. Bell, Treat. Conveyance, ii. 16. The charter, as an original right, necessarily contains the tenendas, by which the nature of the holding is expressed.
