LT-01 Chapter 36 Landlord and Tenant
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 ()