DCHP-1 Online
en censive [< Cdn F < F] Hist. 
adj. pertaining to a form of tenure enjoyed by the habitant in Quebec, by the terms of which he held land from the seigneur in return for cens et rentes.
See also: cens et rentes
- 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 was ridiculously small in the early times of the colony.
- 1886 (1887) As the lots of a grant en censive were limited in area—four arpents in front by forty in depth—the farms in the course of time assumed the appearance of a continuous settlement on the river.
- 1905 Some encensive grants were made by the Crown direct. Grantee could not sublet.
- 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 was ridiculously small in the early times of the colony.