{"id":16422,"date":"2018-06-10T16:57:05","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T16:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=16422"},"modified":"2018-06-10T17:00:15","modified_gmt":"2018-06-10T17:00:15","slug":"tenancy-estate-for-a-term-for-years-a-tenancy-which-creates-an-interest-estate-arising-from-an-agreement-or-lease-or-other-contract-which-must-expire-at-a-certain-period-fixed-in-advance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=16422","title":{"rendered":"tenancy (estate) for a term – an interest (estate) securing a tenancy, arising from an agreement or lease (or other contract) which must expire at a certain period, fixed in advance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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estate for years<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> See tenancy for a term<\/em><\/strong><\/span>. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. An estate which must expire at a period certain, fixed in advance. United States v First Nat. Bank<\/em> (CA5 Ala) 74 F2d 360<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

An interest<\/a> arising from an agreement or contract for the possession of lands or tenements for some definite period, such estate being regarded at common law as a chattel. 28 Am J2d Est\u00a0\u00a7 136<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A chattel real rather than real estate, except as a contrary definition is provided by statute or a reasonable construction of a will in which the term appears demands that it be deemed inclusive of a leasehold. \u00a0Anno: 103 ALR 826<\/span>; 57 Am J1st Wills\u00a0\u00a7 1337<\/span>. <\/span><\/strong>[2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. An estate that terminates after a specific number of years. \u00a0EXAMPLE: real property occupied under a 10-year lease.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

tenancy for a term<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\n(17c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A tenancy <\/a><\/span>whose duration is known in years, weeks, or days from the moment of its creation.<\/strong> \u2014 aka tenancy for a period<\/span><\/strong><\/em>; tenancy <\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span>for years<\/span><\/strong><\/em>; term for years<\/span><\/strong><\/em>; term of years<\/span><\/strong><\/em>; estate for a term<\/span><\/strong><\/em>; estate for years<\/span><\/strong><\/em>; lease for years<\/span><\/strong><\/em>. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

tenancy for years<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. An interest<\/a> arising from a lease, contract, or agreement for the possession of lands or\u00a0<\/span>tenements<\/span>\u00a0for\u00a0a\u00a0<\/span>definitive<\/span>\u00a0period of time. \u00a0A tenancy <\/a> under a lease whereby the landlord contracts to grant the possession and enjoyment of land, or hereditaments of a demisable nature, for a period of years certain; and in most cases the tenant agrees to render to the landlord a rent in money, or any other kind of payment, at the end of stated periods of a year or more during the term. 32 Am J1st L & T\u00a0\u00a7 61<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>[2]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. A tenancy <\/a><\/span>under a lease or other contract for the period of a year or for a stated number of years.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Tenth<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>with<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Pronunciations<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Third Edition<\/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]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Assistant<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> 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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