tenant right — noun Britain : the beneficial interest that remains in the tenant after the expiration of his lease and that includes various legal and customary rights (as the right to claim compensation for improvements not exhausted at the expiration of the… … Useful english dictionary
Tenant Right League — The Tenant Right League, established in 1850, was an organisation which aimed to secure reforms in the Irish land system. Formed by Charles Gavan Duffy and Frederick Lucas , it united for a time Protestant and Catholic tenants, Duffy calling his… … Wikipedia
tenant-right — In England, the right of tenant on termination of tenancy to payment for unexhausted improvements made on his holding. Such is governed by the Agricultural Holdings Act of 1986 … Black's law dictionary
tenant right — A word of art for the lessee s right to a renewal of the tenancy … Ballentine's law dictionary
tenant-right — … Useful english dictionary
tenant — n. & v. n. 1 a person who rents land or property from a landlord. 2 (often foll. by of) the occupant of a place. 3 Law a person holding real property by private ownership. v.tr. occupy as a tenant. Phrases and idioms: tenant farmer a person who… … Useful english dictionary
tenant — ten·ant / te nənt/ n [Anglo French, from Old French, from present participle of tenir to hold, from Latin tenēre]: one who holds or possesses property by any kind of right: one who holds a tenancy in property; specif: one who possesses property… … Law dictionary
Tenant rights — can either refer to the rights tenants enjoy by law, or to the movement to acquire such rights. Tenant rights generally seek to protect renters from landlord neglect and unfair eviction, as well as secure fair, affordable housing. Laws dealing… … Wikipedia
tenant's fixtures — Fixtures are part of the land and belong to the landlord at the end of the term of a lease. A tenant has the right to remove certain types of fixtures and, although these are commonly referred to as tenant s fixtures , they still belong to the… … Law dictionary
Tenant — Ten ant, n. [F. tenant, p. pr. of tenir to hold. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Lieutenant}.] 1. (Law) One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
