1. a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate specifically the temporary possession or occupancy of something (such as a house) that belongs to another

2. the period of a tenant's occupancy or possession

3. the right to use another person's property (such as land, a house, etc.) for a short period of time

4. the amount of time during which you are allowed to use another person's property

5. the state or fact of owning property (such as land, a house, etc.)

6. the holding of or a mode of holding an estate in property:

7. a form of ownership of property tenure

8. the temporary possession or occupancy of property that belongs to another — holdover tenancy a tenancy that arises when one remains in possession of property after the expiration of the previous tenancy (as one under a lease), that may be established as a tenancy at will by the recognition of the landlord (as by accepting rent), and that may sometimes be statutorily converted to a periodic tenancy for the same or a different term than that of the original tenancy
liable for payment of rent in a holdover tenancy — called also tenancy at sufferance

9. a tenancy in which two or more parties hold equal and simultaneously created interests in the same property and in which title to the entire property is usually to remain with the survivors upon the death of one of the parties and so on to the last survivor
a right to sever the joint tenancy — see also tenancy by the entirety in this entry — compare tenancy in common in this entry

10. the tenancy of one with a life estate also life estate at estate 1
created a life tenancy for her husband

11. a tenancy that is carried forward by specified time periods (as months) without a lease and that may be terminated by the landlord or tenant after giving proper notice

12. holdover tenancy in this entry

13. a tenancy that is terminable at the will of the landlord or tenant provided that applicable statutory requirements for notice are met

14. a tenancy that is shared by spouses who are considered one person in law and have the right of survivorship and that becomes a tenancy in common in the event of divorce
property subject to a tenancy by the entirety cannot be encumbered by one tenant acting alone
— Mays v. Brighton Bank, 832 S.W.2d 347 (1992) — called also tenancy by the entireties — compare estate by the entirety at estate sense 1

15. a tenancy that is for a specified period of time — compare tenancy at will in this entry

16. a tenancy in which two or more parties share ownership of property but have no right to each other's interest (as upon the death of another tenant) — compare joint tenancy in this entry

17. a tenancy that binds partners to the use of partnership property only for partnership purposes and that does not permit the separate assignment by a partner of his or her right to the property