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"Steven J. Zuraff" <[log in to unmask]>
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Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history." <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:02:51 -0700
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Where could one find the 1772 meaning of "tenantable repair" as used in the sentence "...acres for sale with several small Plantations in tenantable Repair"?

Is it basically the same as this 1890 definition of "good tenantable repair" which I found online:

An authoritative definition of what is meant by "good tenantable repair" is set out in Woodfall on Landlord and Tenant ("Woodfall"), para. 13.041, where it was said that in the leading case of Proudfoot v. Hart (1890) 25 QBD 42, Lopes L.J. defined "Good tenantable repair" as being "such repair as, having regard to the age, character and locality of the house, could make it reasonably fit for the occupation of a reasonably minded tenant of the class who would likely to take it", and he contrasted what it would mean in Grosvenor Square with what it would mean in Spitalfields.

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