Definition of Estate at sufferance
The interest of a tenant who has come rightfully into possession of lands by permission of the owner, and continues to occupy the same after the period for which he is entitled to hold by such permission. 2 Bl.Comm. 150. The estate arises where one comes into possession of land by lawful title, but keeps it afterwards without any title at all, and the original entry need not have been under lease or as a tenant of the dispossessing landlord.
That's the definition of Estate at sufferance in Black's Law Dictionary 6th Edition. Courtesy of Cekhukum.com.
