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tenancy

[ten-uhn-see] / ˈtɛn ən si /


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In California, tenancy is based on proof of residency, not necessarily payment of rent.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

City Council and looks forward to seeing what the candidate could do as mayor, especially for tenancy rights.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

The fact that a sitting first lady, who lives in a presidential mansion in the capital, Freetown, retains a tenancy has drawn criticism in both the British and Sierra Leonean press.

From BBC May 17, 2026

Police say breaching a CPN is a criminal offence with a wide range of consequences, including significant court fines and potentially losing a tenancy.

From BBC May 7, 2026

In all the years of our tenancy we never saw the Zemindar who owned our land.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

Joint tenancies, living trusts, life estates and transfer-on-death deeds are no longer necessarily protected from recovery, depending on the circumstances.

From MarketWatch Jun. 10, 2026

Also, with anchor customer Vodafone Idea possibly raising funds to expand 4G capacity and roll out 4G and 5G networks, this would add new tenancies to Indus Towers.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 29, 2026

However, landlords will only be able to request one month's rent in advance to secure a tenancy - or 28 days' rent for tenancies with rental periods of less than one month.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2026

"They don't really know what will happen in the minority of cases where tenancies go wrong," he added.

From BBC Oct. 27, 2025

After some effort, they passed a Statute under which the estates of such of the free-holders as had no documentary evidence by which to support their titles, were confiscated and turned into tenancies at will.

From The Digger Movement in the Days of the Commonwealth As Revealed in the Writings of Gerrard Winstanley, the Digger, Mystic and Rationalist, Communist and Social Reformer by Lewis Henry Berens




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