Tene,nt at sufferance

One that comes into the possession of land by lawful title, but holds over by wrong, after the determination of his interest. 4 Kent, Comm. 116; 2 Bi. Comm. 150; Fielder v. Childs, 73 Ala. 577; Pleasants v. Claghom, 2 Miles (Pat) 304; Bright v. McOdat, 40 Ind. 525; Garner v. Hannah, 6 Duer (N. Y.) 270; Wright v. Graves, 80 Ala. 418.
—Tenant at will "is where lands or tenements are let by one man to another, to have and to hold to him at the will of the lessor, by force of which lease the lessee is in possession. In this case the lessee is called 'tenant at will,' because he hath no certain nor sure estate, for the lessor may put him out at what time it pleaseth him." Litt. § 68; Sweet. Post v. Post, 14 Barb. (N. Y.) 258; Spalding v. Hall, 6 D. 'C. 125 ; Co.nningham v. Holton, 56 Me. 36; Willis v. Harrell, 118 Ga. 906, 45 S. E. 794.
—Tenant by copy of conrt roll (shortly, "tenant by copy") is the old-fashioned name for a copyholder. Litt. § 73.

Defined under Tenant in Black's Law Dictionary.