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eviction

eviction : the dispossession of a tenant of leased property by force or esp. by legal process actual eviction : eviction that involves the physical

produced by labour, as opposed to a crop naturally, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 540. If a tenant for life or pur autre vie die, his executor or administrator is entitled to emblements', for the estate

tenancy

by specified time periods (as months) without a lease and that may be terminated by the landlord or tenant after giving proper notice tenancy at sufferance : holdover tenancy in this entry tenancy at will : a

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Surrender

by Phene v. Popplewell, (1862) 12 CB, NS 334, by anything which amounts to an agreement by the tenant to abandon and by the landlord to resume possession of the demised premises, e.g., by the delivery and

Remainder

reference to the person by whom the limitations are made, and the connection and relative situation of the tenants, several parts of the same estate. Estates are said to be in remainder or reversion according to the

Lease

not specifically enforceable are interests at will only (see (English) L.P. Act, 1925, s. 54). Possession by the tenant and receipt of rent by the landlord are good evidence of a tenancy. By the (English) Judicature Act,1925,

Holding

trade or business of market gardening but, except as aforesaid, means 'any parcel of land held by a tenant which is either wholly agricultural or wholly pastoral, or in part agricultural and as to the residue pastoral,

Forfeiture

Forfeiture, a penalty for an offence or unlawful act, or for some wilful omission of a tenant of property whereby he loses it, together with his title, which devolves upon others. Forfeiture resulted from the

Double value

Double value. This is a penalty on a tenant holding over after his landlord's notice to quit. By the (English) Landlord and Tenant Act, 1730 (4 Geo.

Heriot

Litt. 185 b], the right of the lord of a manor to the best beast of the deceased tenant of a manor, which beast may be seized by the lord, although it has never been within the

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