A lease can be best described in any number of ways, as long as the names of the parties, descripiton of the property, rent amount, and duration of lease are included. Sometimes in the rental / lease contract the words "to let" or "to demise" , (another way to say "to rent") , will be found, but those words are always optional. Actually when i was in college i leased a house for my junior and senior years. On the lease contract it had the words "to demise" I asked the landlord what that meant and even took a dictionary to verify that.
Leases for longer than one year ( 1 year plus 1 day ) must be in writing according to the California Statute of Frauds. However, it is common sense to put all lease agreements in WRITING. Verbal agreements are diffcult to hold ground in court if a disagreement were to take place. The contractual agreement must be signed by the lessor, but not necessarily by the lessee. Again it is common practice for the lessee to sign the lease, but the law requires only that the lease be delivered to the lessee for it to be binding. The tenant`s acceptance of the lease signed by the landlord, or the tenants paying rent and taking possession of the property binds both parties to the terms of the agreement.
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