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Consummation

Consummation, of tenancy by the curtesy is when a husband, upon his wife's death, becomes entitled to hold her lands in

Consumption and use

Consummation, of tenancy by the curtesy is when a husband, upon his wife's death, becomes entitled to hold her lands in

Notice to quit

Notice to quit. Where there is a tenancy from year to year subsisting, it can only be put an end to by notice to quit, which

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Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923

has been provided for an outgoing agricultural tenant in respect of the improvements effected by him during his tenancy. The operation of this Act could be and frequently was excluded by agreement, but now the tenant cannot

Tenant

embraces in itself, the heirs of the deceased called 'statutory tenants' as even after the determination of the tenancy continued to have an estate on the tenanted premises, which are heritable, Kasturi Lal v. Brimlal, 1986 Sim

Estate

grant, without expressing any term at all. (b) Legal, or created by operation of law; they are (a) tenancy in tail after possibility of issue extinct, (b) tenancy by the courtesy of England, (c) tenancy in dower.

Statutory tenant

in occupation of premises let to him after the determination of or expiry of the period of the tenancy is commonly, though in law not accurately, called a statutory tenant. Statutory tenant being a person who enjoys

Emblements

the devisee of the land as to the executor. So, a tenant at will, the duration of whose tenancy is uncertain, is, if the lessor suddenly determine the tenancy, entitled to emblements. And, at Common Law, fructus

Tail after possibility of issue extinct, Tenant in

from a particular wife, if she die without issue, the interest of the husband becomes reduced to a tenancy-in-tail after possibility of issue extinct. Only a donee in tail-special can become such a tenant, for if the

Undivided shares in land

It should be noticed that shares only are affected by these provisions. The legal estate in the joint tenancy in the entirety of the trustees for sale persists ex necessitate rei, and this is given effect to

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