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'''Tenant-right''' is a term in the [[common law]] system expressing the right to compensation which a tenant has, either by custom or by law, against his landlord for increment at the termination of his tenancy.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Tenant-right|volume=26|page=613}}</ref><ref>[https://www.lawfirmfortenantrights.com/ Tenant Rights Lawyer]</ref>

In [[England]], it was governed for most part by the [[Agricultural Holdings Act 1948|Agricultural Holdings Acts]] and the Allotments and Small Holdings Acts. The preceding were reformed by the [[Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995]]. In [[Ireland]], tenant-right was a custom, prevailing particularly in [[Ulster]], known as the Custom of Ulster, by which the tenant acquired a right not to have his rent raised arbitrarily at the expiration of his term. This resulted in Ulster in considerable fixity of tenure and, in case of a desire on the part of the tenant to sell his [[farm]], made the tenant-right of considerable capital value, amounting often to many years rent.<ref name="EB1911"/>

The [[Evesham Custom]] is one example of a tenant-right custom still in 21st century operation, having been given a specific exemption from the [[Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}

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