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A tenancy at will is a tenancy that may be A life estate is a lifetime ownership of real
terminated by either party. property.
A periodic tenancy is an estate for a stated period A fee simple defeasible is real property that is
that automatically renews at the end of each subject to possibly being taken away.
period and may be terminated with proper notice.
Fee Tail
Tenancy for Years
A fee tail is real property that passes only to lineal
A tenancy for years is an estate for a fixed period descendants.
that automatically terminates at end of the period,
thus the landlord has a reversionary interest. Fee Simple Absolute
Landlord’s Obligations and Rights A joint tenancy is when two or more co-owners
take identical interests and rights of possession
A landlord has a duty to maintain common areas simultaneously by the same instrument. Joint
under the landlord’s control. tenancies generally come w/ right of survivorship.
A remainder subject to open is a vested Adverse possession is the hostile, adverse, open,
remainder that is given to one person but that notorious, actual, continuous, and exclusive use
may later have to be shared with others. of land belonging to another. An adverse
possessor may tack on her own possession
Grantor’s Future Interests periods unless the statute of limitations is tolled.