Ch. 18

Question 1

Actual Eviction

Answer 1

The legal process that results in a tenant’s being physically remove from leased premises.

Question 2

Constructive Eviction

Answer 2

Actions of a landlord that so materially disturb or impairing tenant’s enjoyment of the leased premises that the tenant is effectively forced to move out and terminate the lease without liability for any further rent.

Question 3

Estate (tenancy) at Sufferance rate

Answer 3

The tenancy of a leasee who lawfully comes into possession of a landlord’s real estate but who continues to occupy the premises inappropriately after the lease rights have expired.

Question 4

Estate (tenancy) at Will

Answer 4

An estate that gives the leasee the right to possession until the estate is terminated by either party; the term of this state is indefinite.

Question 5

Estate (tenancy) for Years

Answer 5

An interest for a certain, exact period of time in property leased for a specified consideration.

Question 6

Estate (tenancy) from Period to Period

Answer 6

An interest in leased property that continues from period to period (week to week, month to month, or year to year).

Question 7

Gross Lease

Answer 7

A lease of property according to which a landlord pays all property charges regularly incurred through ownership, such as repairs, taxes, insurance, and operating expenses. Most residential leases are gross leases.

Question 8

Ground Lease

Answer 8

A lease of land only, on which the tenant usually owns a building or is required to build a specified in the lease. Such leases are usually long-term net leases; the tenant’s rights and obligations continue until the lease expires or is terminated through default.

Question 9

Holdover Tenancy

Answer 9

A tenancy in which a lessee retains possession of leased property after the lease has expired and the landlord, by continuing to accept rent, agrees to the tenant’s continued occupancy as defined by state law.

Question 10

Lease

Answer 10

A written or oral contract between a landlord (the lessor) and a tenant (the leasee)that transfers the right to exclusive possession and use of the landlord’s real property to the lessee for a specified period of time and for a stated consideration (rent). By state law, leases for longer than a certain period of time (generally one year) must be in writing to be enforceable.

Question 11

Lease Purchase

Answer 11

The purchase of real property, the consummation of which is preceded by a lease, usually long time, that is typically done for tax or financing purposes.

Question 12

Leasehold Estate

Answer 12

A tenant’s right to occupy real estate during the term of a lease, generally considered a personal property interest, although a long-term lease may be eligible for treatment as real property for financing purposes.

Question 13

Lessee

Answer 13

A written or oral contract between a landlord (the lessor) and a tenant (the leasee)that transfers the right to exclusive possession and use of the landlord’s real property to the lessee for a specified period of time and for a stated consideration (rent). By state law, leases for longer than a certain period of time (generally one year) must be in writing to be enforceable.

Question 14

Lessor

Answer 14

A written or oral contract between a landlord (the lessor) and a tenant (the leasee)that transfers the right to exclusive possession and use of the landlord’s real property to the lessee for a specified period of time and for a stated consideration (rent). By state law, leases for longer than a certain period of time (generally one year) must be in writing to be enforceable.

Question 15

Month-to-Month Tenancy

Answer 15

A periodic tenancy under which the tenant rents for one month at a time. In the absence of a rental agreement (oral or written), a tendency is generally considered to be month to month.

Question 16

Net Lease

Answer 16

A lease requiring the tenant to pay not only rent but also cost incurred in maintaining the property, including taxes, insurance, utilities, and repairs.

Question 17

Nondisturbance Clause

Answer 17

The mortgage clause stating that the mortgagee agrees not to terminate the tenancies of the lessees in the event the mortgagee forecloses on the mortgagor-lessor’s building.

Question 18

Percentage Lease

Answer 18

A lease, commonly used for commercial property, whose rental is based on the tenant’s gross sales at the premises; it usually stipulates a base monthly rental plus a percentage of any gross sales above a certain amount.

Question 19

Purchase Option

Answer 19

The right given by a lease to the tenant to purchase the property at a predetermined price within a certain period, possibly the lease term.

Question 20

Renewal Option

Answer 20

A clause in a lease that grants the lessee the privilege of renewing the lease.

Question 21

Rent

Answer 21

A fixed, periodic payment made by a tenant of a property to the owner for possession and use, usually by prior agreement of the parties.

Question 22

Reversionary Right

Answer 22

The return of the rights of possession and quiet enjoyment to the lessor at the expiration of a lease.

Question 23

Right of First Refusal

Answer 23

A clause allowing the tenant the opportunity to buy the property before the owner of accepts an offer from another party.

Question 24

Security Deposit

Answer 24

A payment by a tenant, held by the landlord during the lease term, and kept (wholly or partially) on default or on destruction of the premises by the tenant.

Question 25

Sublease

Answer 25

The leasing of premises by a lessee to a third party for part of the lessee’s remaining term. (Also see assignment).