Constructive Eviction: Actions of a landlord that so materially disturb or impair a tenants enjoyment of the leased premises that the tenant is effectively forced to move out and terminate the lease without liability for any further rent.

 

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Constructive Eviction: Actions of a landlord that so materially disturb or impair a tenants enjoyment of the leased premises that the tenant is effectively forced to move out and terminate the lease without liabil . . . View Full Definition

Constructive Receipt: Control of the cash proceeds in a delayed exchange without actual physical possession by the exchanger or his or her agent.

Eviction: 1. The legal process of removing a tenant from the premises as a result of a breach of a lease. 2. The distrubance of a tenants enjoyment of any material part of a leased premises by an act . . . View Full Definition

Constructive Notice: Notice given to the world by recorded documents. All people are charged with knowledge of such documents and their contents, whether or not they have actually examined them. Possession of pr . . . View Full Definition

Retaliatory Eviction: An eviction due to a tenants complaints to the landlord, a public agency or tenant association. It is illegal for a landlord to decrease services, increase rent or evict the tenant within 18 . . . View Full Definition

Constructive Interference: When the peaks and troughs of two interfering waves match, the amplitudes add to give the resultant wave a higher amplitude.

Constructive Discharge: Occurs when a manager/supervisor or employer makes working conditions so unbearable or abusive that a reasonable person believes that resignation is the only appropriate action to take.

Constructive Fraud: Breach of a legal or equitable duty that the law declares fraudulent because of its tendency to deceive others, despite no showing of dishonesty or intent to deceive. A broker may be charged . . . View Full Definition

Actual Eviction: The legal process that results in the tenants being physically removed from the leased premises.