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constructive eviction<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\n(1826)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A landlord\u2019s act of making premises unfit for occupancy, often with the result that the tenant is compelled to leave. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2. The inability of a land purchaser to obtain possession because of paramount outstanding ti<\/strong>tle. \u00a0* \u00a0Such an eviction usually constitutes a breach of the covenants of warranty and quiet enjoyment.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. As a breach of a covenant of title:\u00a0\u2014 a yielding by a grantee to the hostile assertion of an adverse paramount title. 20 Am J2d Cov\u00a0\u00a7 101<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Any disturbance of a tenant’s possession by the landlord, or someone acting under his authority, or an omission by the landlord to act or perform where it is his duty to act or perform, which renders the premises unfit for occupancy for the purposes for which they were demised for which deprives the tenant of the beneficial enjoyment of the premises, causing him to abandon them, amounts to a “constructive eviction,” provided the tenant abandons the premises within a reasonable time. 32 Am J1st L & T\u00a0\u00a7\u00a7 246-248<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Interference by the landlord that renders the leased premises unfit for occupancy by the tenant or that deprives the tenant of the full use or enjoyment of the premises, causing him to abandon them.<\/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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