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Section 16 — Landlord and Tenant Act 1985: Meaning of “lease” and related expressions.
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Meaning of “lease” and related expressions.
16 In sections 11 to 15 (repairing obligations in short leases)—
a “ lease ” does not include a mortgage term;
b “ lease of a dwelling-house ” means a lease by which a building or part of a building is let wholly or mainly as a private residence and “ dwelling-house ” means that building or part of a building;
c “ lessee ” and “ lessor ” mean, respectively, the person for the time being entitled to the term of a lease and to the reversion expectant on it.
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