Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

landlord-tenant relationship

The familiar 1 gal relationship existing between the lessor ar lessee of real estate. 0 The relationship is coy tractual, created by a lease (or agreement f< lease) for a term of years, from year to year, fc life, or at will, and exists when one perso occupies the premises of another with the le sor's permission or consent, subordinated 1 the lessor's title or rights. There must be landlord's reversion, a tenant's estate, transfE of possession and control of the premises, an (generally) an express or implied contract. -Also termed landlord-and-tenant relationshij See LEASE.