§ 504B.155 Tenant Must Give Cold Weather Notice Before Vacation of Building
§ 504B.161 Covenants of Landlord or Licensor
§ 504B.165 Unlawful Destruction; Damages
§ 504B.171 Covenant of Landlord and Tenant Not to Allow Unlawful Activities
§ 504B.1715 Covenants; Sober Homes
§ 504B.172 Recovery of Attorney Fees
§ 504B.173 Applicant Screening Fee
§ 504B.175 Prelease Deposit
§ 504B.177 Late Fees
§ 504B.178 Interest On Security Deposits; Withholding Security Deposits; Damages; Limit On Withholding Last Month’s Rent
§ 504B.181 Landlord or Agent Disclosure
§ 504B.182 Initial and Final Inspection Required
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Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 504B > OBLIGATIONS AND COVENANTS

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Credit report: A detailed report of an individual's credit history prepared by a credit bureau and used by a lender in determining a loan applicant's creditworthiness. Source: OCC
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Month: means a calendar month and "year" means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; and "year" is equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.