A person who is legally entitled to remain in a property although their original tenancy has expired.
Example sentencesExamples
- Her mother then became a statutory tenant by succession.
- I am a statutory tenant having lived in this flat for so many years.
- With the expiry of the contractual tenancy the tenant continued as a statutory tenant, providing that he resided in the premises as his home.
- It appears, therefore, that where a landlord re-houses a protected or statutory tenant, the new tenancy will itself be a protected tenancy.