Which tenancy is described as wrongful, involving eviction, when a tenant remains beyond the lease term?

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Holdover occupancy after the lease ends is the key idea. When a tenant stays beyond the lease term without the landlord’s permission, that possession is wrongful and creates a tenancy at sufferance. It isn’t a true ongoing tenancy with a fixed term; instead, the landlord normally may evict the tenant, since there’s no current agreement to continue living there. The situation isn’t a tenancy at will, which depends on permission without a fixed term and can be ended by either party at any time with notice; it isn’t a tenancy for years, which has a definite end date; and it isn’t automatically a periodic tenancy unless the landlord accepts rent to establish a continuing month-to-month or similar term. The holdover situation best fits tenancy at sufferance.