District of Columbia Statutes
§ 42-520 — Estates by sufferance.
District of Columbia § 42-520
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Bluebook
D.C. Code § 42-520 (2026).
Text
All estates which by construction of the courts were estates from year to year at common law, as where a tenant goes into possession and pays rent without an agreement for a term, or where a tenant for years, after the expiration of his term, continues in possession and pays rent and the like, and all verbal hirings by the month or at any specified rate per month, shall be deemed estates by sufferance.
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Legislative History
Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1352, ch. 854, § 1034; June 30, 1902, 32 Stat. 538, ch. 1329
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