2. Noun. (plural of overhold) ¹
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Definition of Overholds
1. overhold [v] - See also: overhold
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overholds
Literary usage of Overholds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canada Law Journalby Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association by Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association (1876)
"Fowke dismissed Turner, if not a year or more ago, certainly by the demand of
possession given in these proceedings, and I think he now overholds without ..."
2. The Revised Reports by Robert Campbell, Frederick Pollock, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1904)
"A tenant of the Crown who overholds the possession after the expiration of his
title, is an intruder; and in this case it seems that the Crown might have ..."
3. The Justice of the Peace for Ireland: Giving, in an Abridged and by Henry Humphreys (1867)
"... if that be a Sunday, &c., then on the 10th, or any day up to the 12th.
Where the tenant overholds after the fourteen days, contrary to his undertaking, ..."
4. The Upper Canada Law Journal and Local Courts Gazette by Canadian Bar Association (1855)
"... when the term has expired or been determined by legal notice to quit and the
tenant or occupant wrongfully overholds. Procedure as follows : The ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Landlord and Tenant, as Administered in Ireland by John Smith Furlong (1845)
"... overholds adversely to his Lessor. 6. Person occupying as Agent may be 7.
Judgement in Ejectment conclusive treated as Trespasser. 8. ..."
6. Irish Chancery Reports: Being a Series of Reports of Cases Argued and by Ireland High Court of Chancery, Ireland Rolls Court (1855)
"It has been decided, that if a tenant overholds, and the landlord receives rent,
there is a contract for a yearly tenancy, that is, a new contract inferred ..."
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