LIBERUM TENEMENTUM

liberum tenementum (lib-<<schwa>>r-<<schwa>>m ten-<<schwa>>-men-t<<schwa>>m), n.[Law Latin] Hist. 1.A plea of freehold; a defensive common-law pleading in an action for trespass to lands. • The defendant pleaded either ownership of the land in question or authorization from the freehold owner. [Cases: Trespass  25, 27. C.J.S. Trespass §§ 46–56, 167.] 2.FREEHOLD.

[Blacks Law 8th]