Ownership and estates
Periodic tenancy
A lease that renews automatically period to period until notice is given
The month-to-month tenancy. It has a start but no fixed end, continuing until one party gives the required notice. It also arises by conduct — a landlord who accepts rent from a holdover tenant has usually created one.
How the exam asks about it
The contrast with an estate for years is notice: a periodic tenancy needs it, an estate for years does not.
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