{"id":15797,"date":"2018-05-03T20:51:01","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T20:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=15797"},"modified":"2018-05-03T20:52:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T20:52:33","slug":"periodic-tenancy-automatically-continues-for-successive-periods-usually-a-month-to-month-or-year-to-year-unless-terminated-at-the-end-of-a-period-by-notice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=15797","title":{"rendered":"periodic tenancy – tenancy where no definite time is agreed upon and the rate is fixed at so much per month (year, etc.)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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periodic tenancy:<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong>(1891)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. A tenancy that automatically continues for successive periods \u2014 usually a month to month or year to year -unless terminated at the end of a period by notice.\u00a0 *\u00a0 A typical example is a month-to-month apartment lease.\u00a0 This type of tenancy originated through court rulings that, when the lessor received a <\/strong><\/span><\/span>periodic rent, the lease could not be terminated without reasonable notice. <\/strong>\u2014 aka tenancy from period to period<\/strong><\/em><\/span>; periodic estate<\/span><\/strong><\/em>; estate from period to period<\/span><\/strong><\/em> (more specif.) month-to-month tenancy<\/span><\/strong><\/em> (or estate); year-to-year tenancy<\/span><\/strong><\/em> (or estate); week-to week tenancy<\/strong><\/span><\/em> (or estate). [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

tenancy from month to month<\/strong><\/span> – A tenancy where no definite time is agreed upon and the rate is fixed at so much per month.\u00a0 Thompson v Baxter<\/em>, 107 Minn 122, 119 NW 979<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A tenancy created by a holding over after the expiration of a lease for months. 32 Am J1st L & T\u00a0\u00a7 941<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

An estate less than a freehold. 28 Am J2d Est\u00a0\u00a7 150<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A tenancy in which no definite term is agreed upon and the rate is so much per month; i.e., a tenancy under a month to month lease.<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0See month to month to month tenancy<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. A tenancy at will.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3. The tenancy of a holdover tenant, i.e., a tenancy at sufferance.<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Compare tenancy from year to year<\/em>. [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/a>with<\/b><\/span><\/em> Pronunciations<\/b><\/span><\/em>
\n<\/span><\/em>Third Edition<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]: Ballantine’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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