Business and Personal Law

Chapter 9: Renting or Owning a Home

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Section 9.1

1. contract between a tenant and a landlord
2. tenancy for years: definite period of time; tenancy at will: indefinite time period
3. Landlord must obtain a court order; court appoints officer to carry out eviction.

Section 9.2

1. a right to or an interest in real property
2. tenancy in common: deceased's share goes to his or her heirs; joint tenancy: deceased's share goes to surviving co-owners
3. legal claim against another person's property as security