LT-01 Chapter 36 Landlord and Tenant

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lease

A contract granting the use of certain real property by its owner to another for a specified period in return for the payment of rent.

deed-poll

A deed or lease in which only party making the instrument executes it.

indenture

A deed or lease to which two or more persons are parties.

license

A grant or permission to do a particular thing.

False

A lease differs from a license in that a license conveys an interest in land and transfers possession. (lease)

underlease/sublease/sublet

A lease given by a lessee to a third person conveying the same interest for a shorter term than the period for which the lessee holds it.

dispossessory warrant proceedings/forcible entry and detainer/ejectment/summary ejectment/summary process

A legal action used by landlords to evict tenants

sublease

A month later Peter transferred his interest in the tenancy to Paul for a three-month period by use of an ()

True

A periodic tenancy continues for successive periods until one of parties terminates it by giving notice to the other party.

licensee

A person who has permission to do certain acts.

lessee/tenant

A person who has temporary possession of and an interest in real property of another under a lease

lessor/landlord

A person who owns real property and who rents it to another under a lease.

False

A retaliatory eviction occurs when the landlord deprives the tenant of heat light power or some other service called for under the lease (constructive)

True

A tenancy for years can be for any period so long as it is ascertained.

True

A tenant at sufferance is not entitled to notice to vacate.

holdover tenant/tenant at sufferance

A tenant who wrongfully remains in possession of the premises after a tenancy has expired

False

A writing is necessary to create a tenancy at will.

demise

After Paul left Priscilla () leased the premises to Prudence for an indefinite period

False

An assignment occurs when the lessee conveys part of the term of a lease but not the remainder of it to another person (sublet or lease)

tenancy for years

An estate in real property for a definite or fixed period of time no matter how long or how short.

tenancy at will

An estate in real property for an indefinite period.

periodic tenancy/tenancy from year to year

An estate in real property that continues for successive periods until one of the parties terminates it by giving notice to the other party.

warranty of habitability

An implied warranty by a landlord that the premises are fit for human habitation.

tenancy for years

Because the arrangement was for a definite period it was called ()

indenture

Both parties signed the contract; it was an

constructive eviction

Dispossession caused by an act of the landlord that deprives the tenant of the beneficial enjoyment of the demised premise.

assignment

It was not an () because Peter was to return to finish the remainder of the lease.

tenant at sufferance

Paul continued to stay on even after being evicted thus becoming an ()

eviction

Paul did not pay the rent however which caused Priscilla to seek an () which is the act of depriving him of the possession of the property.

leasee or tenant

Peter was the () or ()

constructive eviction

Priscilla did not deprive Paul of heat light power or other services called for under lease; therefore no () occurred

lease (contract)

Priscilla rented an apartment to Peter under a one-year

lessor or landlord

Priscilla was the () or () and

licensee

Prudence allowed Pauline to live with her as lodger the latter being an () because she had no property right or interest in the premises.

True

Quiet enjoyment means that a tenant has the right to possess the property and to be undisturbed in the possession.

eviction

The act of depriving a person of the possession of real property either by reentry or by legal process.

retaliatory evicition

The eviction of a tenant for reporting the authorities sanitary code or building code violations of the leased property.

leasehold estate

The interest that is conveyed by a lease.

quiet enjoyment

The right of a tenant to possess the rented property and to be undisturbed in that possession.

False

The term lessor and lessee are broad terms that refer to the parties under a tenancy at will as well as parties under lease. (landlord tenant)

demise

To lease

True

When a person is injured on leased property the one in control of that part of the premises where the injury occurs is generally responsible if the injury was caused by negligence.

tenancy will

creating an () .

leasor

of the () that is the interest that was conveyed by lease.

periodic tenancy or tenancy from year to year

rather than () or which continues for successive periods until one party terminates it by giving notice to the other party.

deed poll

rather than () which is signed only by one party.

hold over tenant

which is also called ()

underlease

which is also called ()


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