Q: Is the words "renew" and "extend" are EXACTLY the same if any one or both of them are used in a lease in Florida?
Sisco v. Rotenberg, 104 So.2d 365 (1958): we are in accord with the plaintiff in this case that if any distinction may have been made in any other court as to "renewal" or "extension" of a lease, this Court will not consider such distinction. As we agreed in Leibowitz v. Christo, Fla. 1954, 75 So.2d 692, the distinction between the meaning of those two words when used in leases is too refined and theoretical to be real, as a matter of law, in practical affairs. Further, we have noticed in our research on this case that courts frequently speak of the question herein involved in relation to a lease as extended or renewed, using both terms.
Woodard v. Hartley 596 So.2d 1114 (1992): Under Florida law, no distinction is drawn between a "renewal" and an "extension" of a lease. Sisco v. Rotenberg, 104 So.2d 365, 370 (Fla. 1958); Leibowitz v. Christo, 75 So.2d 692, 693 (Fla. 1954)
A: Without knowing the context, you aren't going to get an answer to this kind of question. If you have a lease issue, your best bet, whether you are the landlord or the tenant, is to retain an attorney.
A: If you have read those cases, you know more about them than most people do.
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