Tenant Tenant

Tenant - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Berth, Boarder, Bunk, Dwell, Incumbent, Inmate, Inpatient, Intern

A tenant (from the Latin tenere, to hold), in legal contexts, holds real property by some form of title from a landlord.

Various forms of tenancy exist, or have existed in the past. These include:

  • socage
  • tenancy for life
  • tenancy for years
  • tenancy from year to year

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

Example Usage of Tenant
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