Estate at sufferance

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The interest of a tenant holding over. See 39 Mo. 177.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The interest of a tenant who has come rightfully into possession of lands by permission of the owner, and continues to occupy the same after the period for which he is entitled to hold by such permission. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 392; 2 Bl. Comm. 150; Co. Litt 57b.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

It is the right of a tenant who comes into possession of land by lawful title, but holds over by wrong after the determination of his interest. Co. Litt. 57, bh He hasa bare naked possession, but no estate which he can transfer or transmit, or which is capable of enlargement by release, for he stands in no privity to his landlord. There is a material distinction between the cases of a person coming to an estate by act of the party, and afterwards holding over, and by act of the law and then holding over. In the first case he is regarded as a tenant at suffrance; and in the other, as an intruder, abator and trespasser. Co. Litt. 57, b; 2 Inst. 134; Cruise, Dig. t. 9, c. 2; 4 Kent, Com. 115; 13 Serg. & Rawle, 60; 8 Serg. & Rawle, 459. 4 Rawle’s R. 126.