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Rent
land, as a compensation for the possession during the term; and secondly, as an acknowledgment made by the tenant to the lord of his fealty or tenure. It must always be a profit, yet there is no
Fixtures
application of this legal principle, however, is not uniform, as may be thus shown: (1) Between landlord and tenant. If the chattels be not let into the soil, they are not fixtures at all, and may be
Joint-tenancy
personal representatives of the deceased co-mortgagee until the money be repaid. Equity then treats the two mortgagees as tenants in common. Where a mortgage is made to trustees who did not appear in that character on the
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Sufferance, Tenancy at
agreement or disagreement of the person in whom the right of possession resides. Thus if A is a tenant for yes, and his term expires, or is a tenant at will, and his lessor dies, and he
Attornment
the acknowledgement of a new lord on the alienation of land, and the assent or agreement of the tenant to attorn, as 'I become tenant to the purchaser.'-Co. Litt. 309. By s. 151 of the (English) Law
Waste
Waste [fr. vastum, Lat.], any spoil or destruction in houses, gardens, trees, etc., by a tenant; as to what acts amount to waste, see Co. Litt. 53 a. It is either (1) legal, sub-divided
Fines in copyholds
of fines:- (1) those due on the change of the lord; (2) those on the change of the tenant; and (3) those for a licence to the tenant to do certain acts. When the fine is due
Custom of the country
Custom of the country, in agriculture, that usage governing the relations of agricultural landlords and tenants which is considered to be incorporated in every farming lease or agreement unless it ibe expressly excluded therefrom.
Manor
an estate in fee carving out other estates in fee to be held by other freeholders as his tenants. A manor consists of demesnes and services: of demesnes, that is, of lands of which the freeholder, now
Escheat
estate was originally derived, taking it as ultimus h'res upon the failure, natural or legal, of the intestate tenant's family. Escheat to the Crown, the Duchy of Lancaster, the Duke of Cornwall and to mesne lords has
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