LANDLOR

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  LANDLORD. He who rents or leases real estate to another.
       2. He is bound to perform certain duties and is entitled to certain 
  rights, which will here be briefly considered. 1st. His obligations are, 1. 
  To perform all the express covenants into which he has entered in making the 
  lease. 2. To secure to the tenant the quiet enjoyment of the premises 
  leased; but a tenant for years has no remedy against his landlord, if he be 


  ousted by one who has no title, in that case the law leaves him to his 
  remedy against the wrong doer. Y. B. 22 H. VI. 52 b, and 32 H. VI. 32 b; 
  Cro. Eliz. 214; 2 Leon. 104; and see Bac. Ab. Covenant, B. But the implied 
  covenant for quiet enjoyment may be qualified, and enlarged or narrowed 
  according to the particular agreement of the parties; and a general covenant 
  for quiet enjoyment does not extend to wrongful evictions or disturbances by 
  a stranger. Y. B. 26 H. VIII. 3 b. 3. The landlord is bound by his express 
  covenant to repair the premises, but unless he bind himself by express 
  covenant the tenant cannot compel him to repair. 1 Saund. 320; 1 Vent. 26, 
  44; 1 Sedgw. on Dam. 429; 2 Keb. 505; 1 T. R. 812; 1 Sim. R. 146. 
       3. His rights are, 1. To receive the rent agreed upon, and to enforce 
  all the express covenants into which the tenant may have entered. 2. To 
  require the lessee to treat the premises demised in such manner that no 
  injury be done to the inheritance, and prevent waste. 3. To have the 
  possession of the premises after the expiration of the lease. Vide, 
  generally, Com. L. & T., B. 3, c. 1; Woodf. L. & T. ch. 10; 2 Bl. Com. by 
  Chitty, 275, note; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.; 1 Supp. to Ves. Jr. 212, 246, 
  249; 2 Id. 232, 403; Com. Dig. Estate by Grant, G 1; 5 Com. Dig. tit. Nisi 
  Prius Dig. page 553; 8 Com. Dig. 694; Whart. Dig. Landlord & Tenant. As to 
  frauds between landlord and tenant, see Hov. Pr. c. 6, p. 199 to 225.