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CO-TENANCY CLAUSE

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A common clause in a commercial lease where two tenants share space and deals with the default of one tenant and the terms for the remaining tenant's ability to stay, typically at an amount less than the total of both tenants under the lease. … [Read more...]

COTUCHANS

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A term used In Domesday for peasants, boors, husbandmen. … [Read more...]

CO-TENANTS

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Refers to two or more tenants who are on the same lease or rental agreement, sharing the same property. Each co-tenant is completely responsible for the lease (joint and several) and are responsible for damage caused by other co-tenants. … [Read more...]

COUCHANT

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Lying down; squatting. Couch ant and levant (lying down and rising up) is a term applied to animals trespassing on the land of one other than their owner, for one night or longer. 3 Bl. Comm. … [Read more...]

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