QUIET ENJOYMENT
Legal Term: QUIET ENJOYMENT
Definition: In leases there are frequently covenants by which the lessor agrees that the lessee shall peaceably enjoy the premises leased, this is called a covenant for quiet enjoyment. This covenant goes to the possession and not to the title. 3 John. 471, 5 John. 120, 2 Dev. R. 388, 3 Dev. R. 200. A covenant for quiet enjoyment does not extend as far as a covenant of warranty. 1 Aik. 233. 2. The covenant for quiet enjoyment is broken only by an entry, or lawful expulsion from, or some actual disturbance in, the possession. 3 John. 471, 15 John. 483, 8 John. 198, 7 Wend. 281, 2 Hill, 105, 2 App. R. 251, 9 Metc. 63, 4 Whart. 86, 4 Cowen, 340. But the tortious entry of the covenantor, without title, is a breach of the covenant for quiet enjoyment. 7 John. 376.
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