Nature of tenancies and the law applicable thereto

(1) A tenancy for years is a holding of land under a contract for the exclusive possession thereof for some certain number of years or other determinable period. (2) A tenancy from year to year is a holding of land under a contract, express or implied, for the exclusive possession thereof for a term which may be determined at the end of the first year or any subsequent year of the tenancy either by the landlord or the tenant by a regular notice to quit. 9 (3) A tenancy for less than a year is a holding of land under a contract for the exclusive possession thereof for an indefinite period less than a year, the hiring in the absence of stipulation to the contrary being monthly or weekly according to the circumstances of each case. (4) A tenancy at will is a holding of land under contract for the exclusive possession thereof at the will of the landlord. (5) A tenancy on sufferance is a holding of land in exclusive possession by a person who, without the assent or dissent of the person entitled to possession, wrongfully continued in possession of it after his right to the possession thereof expired.