5.3 Rights and Duties of Lessor and Lessee

Lessor — duties: to deliver possession at the term's start; to disclose latent materialdefects known to him; to secure the lessee's quiet enjoyment (the covenant's core — no interference with the lessee's lawful possession); to pay the charges that remain his by agreement or law (the owner's rates). Lessor — rights: to receive rent; to recover possession at the term's end; to enforce the covenants (use, repair, no-assignment clauses); to terminate on the lessee's default per law and contract (5.4). Lessee — duties: to pay rent when due; to use theproperty as a prudent person and only for the agreed purpose; not to make structuralalterations without consent; not to sublet or assign where the deed forbids; to return theproperty at the term's end in the condition received, ordinary wear excepted; to disclose to the lessor any encroachment or danger discovered. Lessee — rights: to hold and enjoy for the term (quiet enjoyment's mirror); to the lessor's title's benefit; to remove fixtures at the term's end (the tenant's fixtures doctrine — name only) unless the deed provides otherwise; to renewal orpre-emption where the deed or law grants it; in the house-rent discipline, the tenant's statutory protections against arbitrary eviction (the Part 4, Chapter 9 overlay).