So even if your business contracts are written in crayon, here's a breakdown of the legal effect of handwritten agreements: Written Contracts and the Statute of Frauds. As you probably know, there is a legal difference between a heartfelt promise and an enforceable contract.
This page is about renting a place from a private landlord.This means renting from someone who owns a property. They usually rent it out so they can make money. They are called private landlords. A private landlord can be: A company that owns lots of properties.
Under the feudal system, lord had a wide, loose and varied meaning. An overlord was a person from whom a landholding or a manor was held by a mesne lord or vassal under various forms of feudal land tenure. The modern term  landlord  is a vestigial survival of this function.