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Tenant from year to year

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The holder of an estate from year to year. See Estate from year to year.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

One who holds lands or tenements under the demise of another, where no certain term has been mentioned, but an annual rent has been reserved. See 1 Steph. Comm. 271; 4 Kent, Comm. Ill, 114. One who holds over, by consent given either expressly or constructively, after the determination of a lease for years. 4 Kent, Comm. 112. See Shore v. Porter, 3 Term, 16; Rothschild v. Williamson, 83 Ind. 388; Hunter v. Frost, 47 Minn. 1, 49 N. W. 327: Arbenz v. Exley. 52 W. Va. 476, 44 S. E. 149, 61 In R. A. 957.

Defined under Tenant in Black's Law Dictionary.