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TENEMENT (Med. See also:Lat. tenetnentum, from tenere, to hold) , in See also:law, a See also:term which, according to See also:Coke, " includes not only all corporate inheritances which are or may be See also:holden, but also all inheritances issuing out of those inheritances, or concerning, or annexed to, or exercisable within the same " (Co. Litt. soa). In its more See also:general legal sense it is applied to realty, as opposed to personalty. In its popular sense tenement is used as meaning a See also:house or dwelling, and, more particularly in large cities, tenement houses are buildings occupied by several families living independently of one another, but having a See also:common right in the See also:hall, staircases and outhouses. In the See also:heart of See also:great towns the problem of See also:housing is a difficult one, and it is only of See also:recent years that See also:attention has been directed to the unsuitable and insanitary See also:condition of many houses occupied on the tenement See also:system as defined above, but in many cases never built with the conveniences necessary for See also:joint occupation. In most of the large cities in Great See also:Britain and the See also:United States tenement houses are now built on the most See also:modern plans (see HOUSING), and it is to be noted that the See also:municipality of New See also:York has a See also:special Tenement-house See also:Department, under See also:charge of a See also:commissioner, with wide authority to supervise the structure of tenement houses and their occupancy in the See also:interest of See also:health and general welfare.

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