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Retaliatory eviction

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-004299

An unlawful eviction initiated by a landlord in response to a tenant's exercise of a legal right, such as reporting housing code violations or joining a tenants' union. Many state laws prohibit landlords from evicting tenants for a specified period after such protected activities. This defense can be raised by a tenant in an unlawful detainer action.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-004299
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-004299",
  "term": "Retaliatory eviction",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "An unlawful eviction initiated by a landlord in response to a tenant's exercise of a legal right, such as reporting housing code violations or joining a tenants' union. Many state laws prohibit landlords from evicting tenants for a specified period after such protected activities. This defense can be raised by a tenant in an unlawful detainer action.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/retaliatory-eviction/"
}

Record 4,360 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.