Literary notes about Tenure (AI summary)
In literature, the word "tenure" serves as a versatile term that spans both concrete and abstract realms. It is used to denote specific arrangements for holding land or property—reflecting formal, often feudal systems of land tenure as seen in discussions of land charsa and feudal holdings ([1],[2],[3])—and to signify the duration or stability of a person’s office, title, or authority, as mentioned in contexts of governmental and judicial positions ([4],[5],[6]). Additionally, authors sometimes draw on its metaphorical potential to suggest a fragile or precarious state of possession, whether that be of power, happiness, or even self-control ([7],[8],[9]), thereby enriching narratives with layers of legal, historical, and personal meaning.
- From these to the holder of a charsa , or hide of land, the peculiarity of tenure and duties of each will form a subject for discussion.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 by James Tod - This civilisation William the Conqueror upset, introducing in its place the system of feudal tenure with which he had been familiar on the Continent.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies - Landed property was to be held according to English law, in soccage tenure; the Habeas Corpus was to be established in both provinces.
— from Cassell's History of England, Vol. 4 (of 8) From the Fall of Marlborough to the Peninsular War by Anonymous - Accuracy is impossible where an event may have occurred in the beginning, or middle, or at any period in their tenure of office.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides - The tenure by which the judges are to hold their places, is, as it unquestionably ought to be, that of good behavior.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton and John Jay and James Madison - Jay's brief tenure of the chief-justiceship of the United States Supreme Court gave little opportunity to test his real ability as a jurist.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Never had he been so fond of this body of his as now when his tenure of it was so precarious.
— from White Fang by Jack London - “Who can have authorized such an institution?” “General Boulanger during his brief tenure of power.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant - Yet so frail is my tenure, so brittle my joy, That a speck gives me pain, and a drop can destroy.
— from Merry's Book of Puzzles by J. N. (John Newton) Stearns
