Sufferance
n.- The state of suffering; the bearing of pain; endurance.
- Pain endured; misery; suffering; distress.
- Loss; damage; injury.
- Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation.
- Negative consent by not forbidding or hindering; toleration; permission; allowance; leave.
- A permission granted by the customs authorities for the shipment of goods. Estate of sufferance (Law),
the holding by a tenant who came in by a lawful title, but remains, after his right has expired, without positive leave of the owner.
On sufferance ,
by mere toleration;