enjoyment
Enjoyment, in a legal context, has several related meanings; but generally, it means “to exercise a right.” Some common uses of the term “enjoyment” in a legal sense include:
- In the context of estate tax statutes, cases such as Badgley v. US, 957 F. 3d 969 - Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit 2020 explain that enjoyment means “substantial present economic benefit rather than technical vesting of titles or estates.”
- In the context of enjoyment of property, cases such as Miller v. Burnett, 397 P. 3d 448 - Kan: Court of Appeals 2017, explain that “a tenants right to quiet enjoyment of a property means that a tenant has possession of the property and is free to come and go from the property without the landlord’s interference.”
- In Stafford v. United States, 236 F. Supp. 132 - Dist. Court, ED Wisconsin 1964, it is explained that the term “enjoyment” connotes “consolation, contentment, ease, happiness, pleasure and satisfaction.”
See also: Quiet enjoyment
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