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See fee tail. … [Read more...] about TENANCY IN TAIL

(A) A person or entity that rents real property from the property owner (landlord) and which may or may not include a structure such as a home. A tenant may also be called "lessee." (B) estates. One who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of title, either in fee, for life, for years, or at will. 2. Tenants may be considered with regard to the estate to which they … [Read more...] about TENANT

A tenant who stays on property, usually after the expiration of a lease, with the permission of the owner but only so long as the owner desires and which can change at will. … [Read more...] about TENANT AT WILL

An order requiring another person to stop doing something, for example, it demands that a husband stop harassing or harming his wife. The TRO is issued after the victimized party appears before a judge and pleads his or her case. After the issuance of a TRO, the court holds another hearing where the accused can testify as to his or her side of the matter and the judge can … [Read more...] about TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER (TRO)

One who has a less estate than a fee in land, which remains in the reversioner. He is so called because in avowries and other pleadings, it is specially shown in what manner, he is tenant of the land, in contradistinction to the veray tenant, who is called simply, tenant. Hamm. N. P. 393. See Veray. … [Read more...] about TENANT BY THE MANNER