Latin: In old English law. To renew. Annuatim renovare, to renew annually. A phrase applied to profits which are taken and the product renewed again. Anib. 13L … [Read more...] about RENOVARE
RENT WITHHOLDING
When a tenant holds back paying full rent due to not receiving all the benefits of a lease, typically due to the landlord's unjustifiable failure to remedy a significant problem for which the landlord is responsible to deliver under the lease. For example, a tenant withholds 5% of the rent after the landlord waits one full week to fix an issue where the tenant did not have hot … [Read more...] about RENT WITHHOLDING
RENT CONTROL
A law that limits the amount of rent a landlord can charge and governs rent increases and has other stringent requirements on the landlord that are usually beneficial to the tenant. Rent control exists in a limited number of cities and states. … [Read more...] about RENT CONTROL
RENEWAL
The act of renewing or reviving. The substitution of a new grant, engagement, or right, in place of one which has expired, of the same character and on the same terms and conditions as before; as, the renewal of a note, a lease, a patent. … [Read more...] about RENEWAL
RENTAL
(Said to be corrupted from "rent-roll.") In English law. A roll on which the rents of a manor are registered or set down, and by which the lord's bailiff collects the same. It contains the lands and tenements let to each tenant, the names of the tenants, and other particulars. Cunningham; Holthonse. Rental bolls. In Scotch law. When the tithes (tiends) have been liquidated and … [Read more...] about RENTAL