Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
In this Part –
"agent" means any person usually employed by the landlord in the letting of the premises or in the collection of the rents thereof, or specially authorized in writing by the landlord to act in the particular matter;
"landlord" means the person entitled to the immediate reversion of the premises, or, if the premises be held in joint-tenancy, co-parcenary, or tenancy-in-common, shall mean any one of the persons entitled to such reversion;
"premises" means lands, houses, or other corporeal hereditaments;
"tenant" includes any person in possession of the premises or any part thereof, after the termination of the tenancy without the authority of the landlord.