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Summary
§17.1Introduction
§17.2History and Nature of Leaseholds
(1)History
(2)The Landlord-Tenant Relation
(3)Leaseholds Distinguished From Other Relationships
(a)Distinguished From License, Easement, or Profit
(b)Rights to Maintain Signs and Billboards
(c)Concessions in Department Stores
(d)Cropping Agreements
(e)Lodging Agreements
(f)Occupation by Employees or Servants
(g)Contract Purchaser in Possession
(4)Is a Lease a Conveyance or a Contract?
§17.3Creation of the Landlord-Tenant Relationship
(1)Principles Applied to All Leases
(2)Tenancy for Years
(a)Nature of Estate for Years
(b)Parties to Lease
(c)Agreements for Leases
(d)Requirement of a Writing: Statute of Frauds
(i)Nature of Writing, Contents, Signature, Etc.
(ii)Effect of Noncompliance With Statute
(iii)Part Performance and Estoppel
(e)Recording of Leases
(3)Periodic Tenancy
(a)Nature of Periodic Estate
(b)Creation of Periodic Tenancy
(i)Express Agreement
(ii)General Letting Upon Periodic Rent
(iii)Holding Over After Prior Tenancy
(iv)Entry Under Informal Lease for Years
(4)Tenancy at Will
(5)Tenancy at Sufferance
(a)Nature of the Estate at Common Law
(b)Tenancy at Sufferance in Washington
§17.4Tenant's Right of Possession and Enjoyment
(1)Landlord's Implied Covenant to Deliver Possession
(2)Tenant's Possessory Interest
(a)Interests, Such as Easements, Included in
(b)Right to Crops
(3)Tenant's Mode of Use
(a)Waste
(b)Nuisances
(c)Covenants Limiting Tenant's Use
(d)Tenant's Duty to Occupy and Use
(e)Covenants to Protect Tenant's Business
(4)Illegality of Use
(a)Use Illegal When Lease Made
(b)Use Subsequently Illegal
(5)Implied Covenant of Fitness
§17.5Interference With Tenant's Possession
(1)Implied Covenant of Power to Lease
(2)Implied Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment
(3)Interference by Third Parties Under Paramount Title
(4)Interference by Landlord
(a)Actual Eviction
(b)Constructive Eviction
(c)Tenant's Remedies Against Landlord for Interference
(d)Interference by Strangers to Title
(e)Injuries to Tenant From Defective Conditions
(f)Landlord's Liability for
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