noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
assured
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Retirement Assured , which lets sheltered apartments to the elderly on assured tenancies , takes account of tenants when valuing its properties.
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Several recent assured tenancy issues featured non-recourse loans from banks to shareholders.
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Only landlords approved by the Secretary of State can let on assured tenancies .
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Short- hold and assured tenancies aimed at enticing owners to let empty homes are looked on with suspicion and disdain.
furnished
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This can best be understood by reverting to our previous example concerning a furnished tenancy .
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If a furnished tenancy exists the tribunal may adjudicate on the rent.
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The Albert Hall is deemed to be a furnished tenancy and a rent set for it.
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The words furnished tenancy would be empty vessels into which anything could be poured.
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Let us revert to the example used before of a tribunal having power to decide whether a furnished tenancy exists.
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The letter f is simply a shorthand for indicating that a furnished tenancy will be determined by the elements within the bracket.
joint
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It concerns the severance of a beneficial joint tenancy .
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Hence in the present case Mr. Dennis had not been divested of his interest under the joint tenancy when his wife died.
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When she died the joint tenancy still subsisted.
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The question which has arisen is whether in these circumstances the beneficial joint tenancy was severed before Mrs. Dennis' death.
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A joint tenancy is severed if a joint tenant disposes of his interest inter vivos.
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On the face of it, the absence of joint obligations of payment was inconsistent with the existence of a joint tenancy .
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The husband and wife may agree that the joint tenancy should be severed but if so they should properly evidence that fact.
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It follows that there was no joint tenancy .
new
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A business tenant is entitled to a new contractual tenancy for a fixed term up to 14 years.
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If a new tenancy is not possible compensation will be available.
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After the service of the notice the tenant is entitled to apply to the court for a new tenancy .
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Legislation on this subject is likely to change for all new tenancies under the 1989 Housing Act.
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This is so even if the landlord is otherwise unwilling to grant a new tenancy .
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Equally, the court can not normally order the grant of a new tenancy of more than the holding.
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This would entitle the tenant to have a new tenancy at the then prevailing market rent.
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agreement
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In the present case, when this tenancy agreement took effect the term was completely uncertain.
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Before starting to buy a house or flat or signing a private tenancy agreement you are advised to consult a solicitor.
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Agricultural land, for example, may be subject to a tenancy agreement or grass keep.
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How much notice is required on either side to terminate the tenancy agreement ? 11.
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Such tenancy agreements may be redefined under the 1989 Housing Act.
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In contrast, under a joint tenancy agreement , ownership automatically passes to the survivor.
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Although your tenancy agreement may be with the agent many courts are making landlords pick up the debt.
■ VERB
grant
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Accordingly, it may at first sight seem advantageous to a landlord to grant such a tenancy .
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This is so even if the landlord is otherwise unwilling to grant a new tenancy .
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They have been granted the tenancy of a 71-acre county council holding at Underbank, Gawsworth, near Macclesfield.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After a five-year tenancy , we were ready to move out.
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Property held in joint tenancy automatically passes to the surviving spouse after the death of the other.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A business tenant is entitled to a new contractual tenancy for a fixed term up to 14 years.
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If the rent is payable monthly it is usually best that the tenancy should begin on the first of the month.
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It concerns the severance of a beneficial joint tenancy .
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Large numbers were forced into tenancy or became agricultural labourers.
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The building was owned by Orkney Islands Council, but there seemed to be no difficulty in securing a temporary tenancy .
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This means that they will have different tenancy rights and possibly higher rents.