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Definition :

Non-tenure, a plea in bar to a real action, by saying that he (the defendant) held not the land mentioned in the plaintiff's count or declaration, or at least some part thereof. It was either general, where one denied ever to have been tenant of the land in question, or special, where it was alleged he was not tenant on the day whereon the writ was sued out, 1 Mod. 181.

The distinction between real and personal actions has now practically ceased to exist. See ACTION.