KRS 383.200: Definitions of forcible entry and detainer.

(1) The words "possession," "entry," "detainer," in KRS 383.200 to 383.285, refer to

lands and tenants.

(2) A forcible entry is:

(a) An entry without the consent of the person having the actual possession;

(b) As to landlord, an entry upon the possession of his tenant at will or by

sufferance, whether with or without the tenant's consent.

(3) A forcible detainer is:

(a) The refusal of a tenant to give possession to his landlord after the expiration

of his term; or of a tenant at will or by sufferance to gi ve possession to the

landlord after the determination of his will;

(b) The refusal of a tenant of a person who has made a forcible entry to give

possession, on demand, to the person upon whose possession the forcible

entry was made;

(c) The refusal of a person who has made a forcible entry upon the possession of

one who acquired it by a forcible entry to give possession, on demand, to him

upon whose possession the first forcible entry was made;

(d) The refusal of a person who has made a forcible entry up on the possession of

a tenant for a term to deliver possession to the landlord, upon demand, after

the term expires; and, if the term expires whilst a writ of forcible entry sued

out by the tenant is pending, the landlord may, at his cost and for his benef it,

prosecute it in the name of the tenant.