Customary
tenancy is defined as where the owner of land either a community, family or an
individual grants a right of occupation to another person, either to live in or
to farm. The tenants usually are strangers either in restrictive or in a wider
sense of immigrants, who are looking for settlement.
They must acknowledge the
superior title of the grantor or landlord by paying Ishakole of any customary
tributes agreed upon Customary tenancy needs not be evidenced in writing.
Though, oral, there are both express and implied covenants in customary
tenancy.
For example, definite boundaries must be show to the tenant with an
instruction not to go beyond them. The kind of tributes or Ishakole to be paid
by the tenant must be expressly stated.
Features of Customary Tenancy
Types of Tenancies
Rights of the Customary Tenant
Tenants Obligation to the Grantor
Determination of Customary Tenancy
Forfeiture - Customary Tenancy
Relief Against Forfeiture