Georgia Code, Title 44, Chapter 6, Article 6 - Estates for Years

• § 44-6-100 - "Estate for Years" Defined; Estate for Years in Lands Passes As Realty
  (a) An estate for years is one which is limited in its duration to a period which is fixed or which may be made...
• § 44-6-101 - Estate for Years Distinguished From Contract of Hiring and From Landlord and Tenant Relationship
  As applied to personalty, an estate for years differs from a contract of hiring, which is a bailment conveying no interest in the property...
• § 44-6-102 - "Lease" Defined; Extent of Interest; When Mining Interest Passes
  The grant by one person to another of an estate for years out of his own estate, with reversion to himself, is usually termed...
• § 44-6-103 - Tenant's Rights and Duties; Grounds of Forfeiture
  An estate for years carries with it the right to use the property in as absolute a manner as may be done with a...
• § 44-6-104 - Right of Tenant for Years to Emblements
  A tenant for years is not entitled to emblements unless, before the end of the period which had been fixed for the termination of...
• § 44-6-105 - Liability of Tenant for Years for Repairs and Expenses
  A tenant for years is liable for all repairs or other expenses which are necessary for the preservation and protection of the property.
• § 44-6-106 - Dependent and Independent Covenants or Conditions
  In light of the entire instrument, the dependence or independence of covenants or conditions must be determined from the intention of the parties. If...

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