The contractual, lease relationship between a lessor of residential premises (landlord) and his lessee (tenant); a tenancy of residential premises.
A writen or oral contract, oral, express or implied, between a landlord and tenant in regards to the latter's occupation of residential premises.
In Residential Tenancies, the authors defined it as:
"... a tenancy of residential premises for primarily residential purposes."
Many statutes are entitled residential tenancy and proceed to prescribe the law as regards to the rental or lease of residential apartments by landlords to tenants usually, but not always, excluding rooming houses or boarding houses.
REFERENCES:
- Duhaime, Lloyd, Residential Tenancy - A Glossary
- Institute of Law Research and Reform of Alberta, Residential Tenancies (1977), page 11.
- Residential Tenancies Act, C.C.S.M. (Manitoba), Chapter R119
- Residential Tenancies Act, Statutes of Alberta 2004, Chapter R-17.1
- Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, Statutes of Ontario, 2006, Chapter 17
- Residential Tenancy Act, Statutes of British Columbia 2002, Chapter 78