tenant in possession

tenant in possession
A lessee in possession under the terms of the lease. In a broader sense, one who maintains possession legally by himself or through another under title, estate, or interest of any kind. The definition of the term embraces, within the natural and usual meaning of the words, a judgment debtor as well as his lessee. The owner in fee is no less, in legal contemplation, a tenant, than the man who occupies under him, since the definition of tenant is one that holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of title, either in fee, for life, years, or at will. Whithed v St. Anthony & Dakota Elevator Co. 9 ND 224, 83 NW 238.

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