Repossession
- This is both the process and the act of returning the property keys and access rights to the landlord. This may be at the end of a fixed term tenancy or during an extended term called a periodical tenancy.
- It might also be the adversarial re-possession via a County Court following the grant by a judge of a possession order.
- Should a tenant refuse to leave following such possession order a further application to the court is required to obtain a bailiff's order to evict tenants in the event the tenant refuses to leave voluntarily.
Published: 11 November 2013
Last Updated: 30 November 2021