A landlord-tenant estate with no fixed termination date and automatic renewal until one party gives notice of termination.

• A. Periodic tenancy
• B. Estate for years
• C. Tenancy at will
• D. Holdover tenant

Answer: (A)

Periodic tenancy is a lease that continues from one rental period to the next (such as month-to-month or year-to-year) and only ends when one party provides proper notice to terminate. There’s no fixed end date, and the tenancy renews automatically for each period until termination is given. That matches the scenario described: no definite termination date and automatic renewal unless either party decides to end it.

An estate for years has a definite end date stated in the agreement, so it wouldn’t be ongoing with automatic renewal. A tenancy at will lacks a defined term and can be terminated at almost any time with little or no notice, not the structured renewal typical of periodic tenancies. A holdover tenant arises when a tenant stays past the lease term and the landlord accepts rent, potentially creating a month-to-month holdover, but that’s not the ongoing automatic renewal arrangement described here.