Under the magnates were the barons, who held increasingly nominal feudal tenures of which an important vestige was the right to hold baronial courts, which could deal with both matters of land ownership and interpersonal offences, including minor acts of violence.
Many middle-aged men feel an itch to renew their emotional lives with a pretty young girl, even if, unlike Dickens, they cannot plead indulgence for "the wayward and unsettled feeling which is part (I suppose) of the tenure on which one holds an imaginative life".
Her government passed a range of prominent legislation during her tenure, most of which was popular.
It's an aspect of his desire to increase tenure mix, of which he is an uncomplicated advocate.
And then there's the "year of education reform," as Christie has proclaimed 2011, in which he intends to push his case for merit pay, charter schools and the abolition of teacher tenure — all of which are, of course, anathema to the union.
Factors linked to housing and neighbourhood conditions that influence health can be grouped into three broad categories, or pathways (Acevedo-Garcia et al., 2004): area characteristics, internal housing conditions and housing tenure, all of which have been shown to have independent effects on health (Shaw, 2004).
We did not find an association between tic disorders and maternal education or occupational social class, although we did find an association between tic disorders and financial difficulties, car ownership, and housing tenure, all of which are correlated with family income, consistent with the findings of Peterson et al.
Its editorial approach is credited to the 57-year tenure of Charles Prestwich Scott, which began in 1871, when the paper covered both the Prussian and the French sides in the Franco-German War.
William Clay Ford Jr., 46, the chairman since 1999, added the title of chief executive in October 2001 after the disastrous tenure of Jacques A. Nasser, which included the debacle over rollovers of Firestone-equipped Ford Explorers and a misbegotten attempt to reinvent the company as something beyond just a carmaker.
The get-togethers rarely have the exact same guest list, due to the famously short tenure of CMOs, which now averages less than 29 months.
