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censive [< F] Hist. 
n. the right of collecting cens et rentes and other feudal dues; the income from such payments; the seigneury or fief from which such income accrues.
See also: cens et rentes
- 1796 The House in Committee proceeded to the further consideration of the Lots et Ventes due in the Censive of the King's Domains in this Province.
- 1822 And be it further enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, to commute with any Person holding Lands at Cens et Rentes in any Censive or Fief of His Majesty within either of the said Provinces. . . .
- 1886 (1887) The habitant or censitaire held his property by the tenure of en censive, on condition of making annual payments in money or produce known as cens et rente, which were ridiculously small in the early times of the colony.
- 1796 The House in Committee proceeded to the further consideration of the Lots et Ventes due in the Censive of the King's Domains in this Province.