sufferance

  • 31on sufferance — Tolerated with reluctance • • • Main Entry: ↑suffer * * * on sufferance phrase if you do something on sufferance, someone allows you to do it but does not really want you to do it You’re only here on sufferance, you know – as a guest. Thesaurus:… …

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  • 32tenancy at sufferance — see tenancy Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. tenancy at sufferance …

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  • 33tenant at sufferance — ˌtenant at ˈsufferance noun tenants at sufferance PLURALFORM [countable] LAW PROPERTY a tenant who continues to remain in a building, on land etc after the lease (= legal agreement to rent the property) has ended and without the owner s agreement …

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  • 34Tenancy At Sufferance — An agreement in which a property renter is permitted to live in a property after a lease term has expired, but before the landlord demands the tenant vacate the property. If a tenancy at sufferance occurs, the original lease conditions must be… …

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  • 35estate at sufferance — see estate 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 36on sufferance — if you do something on sufferance, someone allows you to do it but does not really want you to do it You re only here on sufferance, you know – as a guest …

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  • 37tenancy at sufferance — The tenancy of one who continues in possession after his right to possession has terminated, his original entry having been lawful. 32 Am J1st L & T § 75. The tenancy of a lessee holding over the term of his lease without objection on the part of …

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  • 38Long-sufferance — Long suf fer*ance, n. 1. Forbearance to punish or resent. [1913 Webster] 2. patient endurance of pain or unhappiness. Syn: long suffering. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 39on sufferance — adverb Unwillingly agreed to or barely tolerated. I wasnt whole hearted about the decision but couldnt think of a better one, so went along with it on sufferance for the time being …

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  • 40estate at sufferance — Same as estate by sufferance …

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