A reversioner shall be received in court to defend his right when a tenant for a term of life, tenant in dower, or by the Law of England, or in Tail after Possibility of Issue extinct are sued in court for the land, so as to prevent collusion by the demandants.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly
This tenancy at sufferance applies also to an under-tenant, who remains in possession and pays rent to the reversioner or head landlord.
"The Book of Household Management"
Mrs. Isabella Beeton