Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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RELOCATION, n. Sc. Law usage in phr. tacit relocation, the assumed continuation of a lease or contract of employment on unchanged terms for a further period when the landlord or employer has failed to take action at the date of expiry.Sc. 1722 W. Forbes Institutes I. II. 153:
A tacit Tack is inferr'd from a Tacksmans possessing peaceably after his Tack is expired. For so long as he doth so possess, both the Setter and he are presum'd to continue the Tack of Consent upon the former Terms; which is called tacit Relocation.Bnff. 1753 Session Papers, Grant v. Grant (20 Nov.) 6:
Pleading, that the Possession after the Date of the Tack was by tacite Relocation.Sc. 1779 Morison Decisions 1983:
When a servant is hired to a term and no warning given, tacit relocation takes place.Sc. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 582:
When the term of the lease is expired it is in the power of the landlord and tenant to continue the lease from year to year by tacit relocation; that is, to continue the possession from year to year on the old terms.Sc. 1946 A. D. Gibb Legal Terms 75:
Tacit relocation. Implied re-letting; the legal principle that where no notice is given to terminate a lease, the lease is renewed for a year (if originally for a year or more): and for the period of the lease if originally for less than a year. The principle extends to contracts of service.Dmb. 1959 Stat. Acc.3 192:
Conditions of tenancy vary widely; some continue under “tacit relocation”, the leases having expired.
