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Definition :

Tenancy [fr. tenentia, law Lat.], the condition of a tenant; the temporary possession of what belongs to another by his consent.

1. The possession or occupancy of land by right or title esp. under a lease a leasehold interest in real estate 2. The Period of such possession or occupancy, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.

Tenancy, is a heritable right unless a legal bar operating against heritability is shown to exist, Parvinder Singh v. Renu Gautam, (2004) 4 SCC 794.

Tenancy, is a relationship between a landlord and a tenant and that relationship is in respect of a subject-matter, AIR 2006 NOC 272 (Bom).

Means the possession or occupancy of land by right or title, especially under a lease, a leasehold interest in real estate, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1477