1. A term originating in feudal times, referring to a person who held ‘tenure’ of land either from the Crown or a mesne lord. The use of the term in this sense has become much less common over time, although it is still seen in such terms as ‘tenant in common’, ‘joint tenant’, and ‘life tenant’. 2. In modern times, the term is used almost exclusively to refer to a person who holds land under a tenancy from a landlord, whether for a term of years, or under a periodical tenancy, or at will, or at sufferance. The tenant has an exclusive possession of the premises for a certain duration, without which there will be no tenancy at all: Lucky Shoe Reparing and Key Duplication Centre v Best Sharp Development Ltd [1988] HKC 286; So Ho v Chan Chui Yip [1980] 1 HKC 432. A tenant for the purposes of the provisions relating to new tenancies of domestic tenancies in Hong Kong, does not include a Government lessee but includes a subtenant; any government other than the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; a public body; corporation; and partnership or firm: Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance (Cap 7) s 115(1). See also Landlord; Lease; Lessee; Protected tenancy; Tenancy; Tenure.
1. 源自封建時代的名詞，指持有皇室或中間貴族的土地的「租住權」。經過長時間的使用，這個含義變得沒有那麼普遍，但仍可在「分權共有」、「聯權共有」及「終身享用權益人」等詞上看到。　　2. 在近世，此詞差不多僅指根據一項租賃而自業主處，不管是以指明的年期為期，或以定期租賃，或以不定期方式，或因容受持有土地的人。租客就處所在特定的期限內有獨有管有權，缺乏這一項則租賃不存在：Lucky Shoe Reparing and Key Duplication Centre v Best Sharp Development Ltd [1988] HKC 286; So Ho v Chan Chui Yip [1980] HKC 432。為香港住宅處所新租賃有關的條文的目的，租客不包括政府土地承租人，但卻包括分租人；任何香港特別行政區政府以外的政府或任何公共機構、法團、合夥、商號：《業主與租客（綜合）條例》(第7章)第115(1)條。另見 Landlord; Lease; Lessee; Protected tenancy; Tenancy; Tenure。n.

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