holdover tenant

A person who remains in possession of real property after a previous tenancy (esp. one under a lease) expires, thus giving rise to a tenancy at sufferance. — Sometimes shortened to holdover. See tenancy at sufferance under TENANCY. [Cases: Landlord and Tenant 114(3). C.J.S. Landlord and Tenant § 136(1, 2, 3, 4, 5).]