tenancy at sufferance

A tenancy arising when a person who has been in lawful possession of property wrongfully remains as a holdover after his or her interest has expired.

• A tenancy at sufferance takes the form of either a tenancy at will or a periodic tenancy.

— Also termed holdover tenancy; estate at sufferance. See HOLDING OVER. [Cases: Landlord and Tenant 119, 120. C.J.S. Landlord and Tenant §§ 167–168, 172, 175–176, 182.]

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