absentee landlord

absentee landlord definition - legal

n

A landlord who resides so far from the leased real property that his is not, or is not expected to be, readily available to personally address any problems concerning the property.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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