Supreme Court of Pennsylvania October 4, 1886 (Hulett v. Mutual Life Insurance)

Mr. Justice Clark

delivered the opinion of the court

A terre tenant, in a general sense, is one who is seised or actually possessed of lauds as the owner thereof. In a scire fadas sur mortgage or judgment, a terre tenant is, in a more restricted sense, one, other than the debtor, who becomes seised or possessed of the debtor’s lands, subject to the lien thereof.