contract-law rental-property residential-lease
Culmative vs Exclusive Rights
<p>Fellow Lawmen,</p>

<p>I have come across this clause in a Lease agreement &amp; I cannot find definitions anywhere on the internet:</p>

<p>“The rights of the parties under this Lease are <strong>cumulative</strong>, and shall not be construed as <strong>exclusive</strong> unless otherwise required by law.”</p>

<p>What does this mean. Much thanks.</p>

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  <p>What does this mean</p>
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<p>The Black's Law Dictionary defines "<em>exclusive right</em>" as "<em>one which only the grantee thereof can exercise, and from which all others are prohibited or shut out</em>". </p>

<p>The clause you reproduce provides that the rights are not exclusive. This means that a party/obligee/grantee may subrogate (that is, transfer to someone else) his right, and the obligor or counterparty to that contract does not have the defense that "<em>only the obligee has standing or entitlement to enforce that right</em>".</p>

<p><em>Cumulative right</em> seemingly relates to <em>cumulative remedy</em>, which the aforementioned dictionary defines as "<em>a remedy created by statute in addition to one which still remains in force</em>". This means that a party's exercise of one of his rights does not preclude the exercise of his other rights.</p>
