Glossary

• Author: John Dickie/David Lyman
• Pages: 411-413

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Glossary

abatement reduction in a rent because of deficiencies in a rental

unit or building

abatement of rent reduction in rent because of deficiencies in a

rental unit or building, or other breaches by the landlord

above-guideline rent increase a rent increase greater than the

guideline

adjournment postponement, usually of a hearing, and usually

at the time that the hearing was to begin or after it has begun

administrator a person who is appointed by the court to admin-

ister the property of a person who has died without naming an

executor in a will

affidavit a document in a Board or court proceeding in which

a person sets out facts and signs before a public official while

swearing that the facts are true

affirm approve and leave in place

age of majority the age at which a person can make a valid

contract or sue someone; the general age of majority in Ontario is

now 18; however, before the early 1970s, the age of majority was

21, and it could be made 17 or even 16, if the Ontario legislature

so decided

allegations statements about facts that may or may not be true

amenities services and facilities that come with a rental unit, such

as a swimming pool, parking, laundry facilities, and an elevator

appellant the person who makes an appeal applies to a situation

that arose before the relevant legislation was enacted

arrears payments that are past due

assignment of a tenancy a tenant turning over the rights and

obligations of a tenancy to a different tenant

bad faith for improper purposes, in order to obtain an unfair

advantage

by-laws rules about public behaviour, usually enacted by a

municipality

care home building for people to receive care services such as

health care or assistance with daily living

co-operative or co-ownership arrangement ownership of a

building by several people together, where each person has the

right to occupy one unit in the building and exclude the other

owners from that unit

co-owner someone who owns property in common or jointly

with one or more other persons

collateral related, as part of a larger agreement or action

commercial tenancies tenancies of commercial property such

as shops or businesses

condominium a type of ownership of individual units, generally

in a multi-unit development or project

consideration something of value given by both parties that

induces each of them to enter into an agreement

constructive discrimination a rule or practice that unintention-

ally singles out a group of people and results in unequal treatment

corporation a legal entity distinct from its shareholders or

members, with liability separate from its shareholders or members,

vested with the capacity of continuous succession

cross-subsidization using the housing charges paid by one

member (above the cost of their unit) to subsidize another member’s

housing chargers (so that those housing charges can be below the

cost of their unit)

debtor a person who owes another person money

demising walls walls between different rental units; from the

notion that granting a lease is a “demise”

direction a document telling someone to do something

discretion independent decision-making power

Divisional Court a branch of the Superior Court of Justice of

Ontario in which judges hear appeals and applications for judicial

review, including appeals of final orders from the Landlord and

Tenant Board, Small Claims Court, and other administrative tribunals

eviction removal of a tenant from a rented property, not by the

tenant’s choice

exclusive jurisdiction being the only legal body that can rule

on a particular matter

executor a person who is appointed in a will to administer the

property of the person who made the will after that person dies; in

Ontario officially known as the estate trustee

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