Landlord usually refers the owner of real property, such as a house, building, or land, that is leased or rented to another person or entity, called the tenant.
In a lease contract, the landlord or landlady transfers part of his or her...
landlord & tenant
landlord and tenant
Landlord and tenant refers to a special relationship between a lessor (landlord) and lessee (tenant). This relationship is more than just a lease, which is under contract law, because it is also under property law. The right to use the property, in...
landlord's lien
A landlord’s lien is a legal right or security interest that a landlord can hold as a creditor, providing the right to seize personal property belonging to a current or former tenant. The lien allows the sale of the property to cover unpaid...
landlord-tenant law
Landlord-tenant law refers to the body of law regulating the rental of commercial and residential property. It controls, among other aspects of a lease:
The length of a lease The reasons a landlord may deny a potential tenant’s...lease
A lease is a contract between two parties where one party, the lessor, allows the other party, the lessee, use of their property for a period of time in exchange for consideration, usually a monthly sum of money. The original owner...
lease option
A lease option, or a lease with the option to purchase, is a type of contract for real property (such as a house) or personal property (such as a car) that gives the lessee the option to buy the property at the end of the lease period.
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leasehold
Leasehold is a kind of property interest. A lease between a landlord and a tenant creates both a contractual interest and a property interest, the property interest here is called leasehold.
Leasehold is the presumption in the law that the...
lessee
A lessee is a person who takes temporary possession of a lessor’s property interest through a lease. If the property is real estate, the lessee is referred to as a tenant.
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lessor
The lessor is the owner of property who contracts with another, the lessee, to allow them to take temporary possession of their property through a lease. If the property is real estate, the lessor is referred to as a landlord.
...let
A property law term that refers to the act of leasing or renting out real property to another person, which can be done either as a landlord or as a tenant. This term is no longer in common usage in the US and has largely been...