Section 16Part 3 — Leases
Leasing powers for special objects
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The leasing power of a tenant for life extends to the making of —
a lease for giving effect to a contract entered into by any of his predecessors in title for making a lease, which, if made by the predecessor, would have been binding on the successors in title;
a lease for giving effect to a covenant of renewal, performance whereof could be enforced against the owner for the time being of the settled land; and
a lease for confirming, as far as may be, a previous lease, being void or voidable; but so that every lease, as and when confirmed, shall be such a lease as might at the date of the original lease have been lawfully granted under this Law or otherwise, as the case may require.
Defined Terms
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