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Definition of Tenancies
1. tenancy [n] - See also: tenancy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenancies
Literary usage of Tenancies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of the Law of Real Property by William Livesey Burdick (1914)
"tenancies at will are created: (a) At common law, by letting for an indefinite
period, ... tenancies at will, although not anciently classed as estates, ..."
2. Woodfall's Law of Landlord and Tenant by William Woodfall (1890)
"Lord Inchiquin r. Lyons, 20 LR Ir. 474. 8 tenancies from year to year distinguished
from tenancies at ... In Indiana all tenancies not otherwise ex- ..."
3. Illustrative Cases on the Law of Real Property by William Livesey Burdick (1914)
"(B) tenancies at Will, from Year to Year, and at Sufferance I. tenancies at ...
But defendant's contention is that tenancies from year to year have been ..."
4. The Law of Fixtures: In the Principal Relation of Landlord and Tenant, and by Archibald Brown (1881)
"As to tenancies current on the 15th February, 6 or in 1876, and hereunder—(a) If
such tenancies were either tenancies from year to year or at will,—then the ..."
5. A Practical Treatise on the Statutes of Limitations in England and Ireland by Jonathan George Norton Darby, Frederick Albert Bosanquet, James Robert Vernam Marchant (1893)
"tenancies at will reserving rent. admission is evidence, as before, ... Although the
leaning of the Courts always is to construe tenancies for an undefined ..."
6. A Treatise on Possession of Land: With a Chapter on the Real Property by John Mason Lightwood (1894)
"But while this is the general rule applicable to tenancies, special provision is
made for tenancies at will and yearly tenancies. (A.) tenancies at Will. ..."
7. A Treatise on the Law of Real Property by William Francis Walsh (1915)
"Estates less than Freehold include (a) tenancies for years, all tenancies for a
fixed and certain term, having a definite beginning and a definite ending, ..."
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