When Lessor Adkins gives required notice to Tenant Brown to vacate the premises at the end of their lease term, and Tenant Brown vacates, but Lessor Adkins holds the tenant for an additional period, this type of tenancy is called?

The scenario describes a situation where Tenant Brown vacates the premises after receiving notice from Lessor Adkins, yet Lessor Adkins continues to hold the tenant beyond the lease term. This situation falls under the category of a periodic tenancy.

A periodic tenancy is characterized by a lease agreement that renews automatically at the end of each period (such as weekly, monthly, or yearly) unless either party gives notice to terminate. In this case, since the tenant vacated but the landlord continued to hold the tenant for an additional period, it indicates that the tenancy did not terminate immediately with the notice. Instead, it suggests that the landlord is treating the tenancy as ongoing, requiring periodic payments (e.g., rent), which is a hallmark of a periodic tenancy.

In contrast, a fixed-term tenancy has a specific beginning and ending date, which doesn’t apply here since the tenant vacated after the lease period but remained subject to the landlord's continued holding. Similarly, a tenancy at sufferance occurs when a tenant remains in possession without the landlord's consent after the lease has expired, while a month-to-month tenancy is a specific type of periodic tenancy that renews monthly. However, the broader term of periodic tenancy better captures the essence of the situation described.