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Joint tenants

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joint tenant

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Husband and wife

s. 39, ibid., and the 6th sched. To that Act, Part III, tenancies by entireties was converted to joint tenancies upon trust for sale, and by s. 184, ibid., in cases where the survival of either husband … be treated as two persons. Under s. 39, ibid., and the 6th sched. To that Act, Part III, tenancies by entireties was converted to joint tenancies upon trust for sale, and by s. 184, ibid., in cases

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Unity of possession

only for his rent, is now become lord and owner of the land, Termes de la Ley. See JOINT TENANCY; TENANCY IN COMMON.

cotenancy

cotenancy pl: -cies : joint tenancy at tenancy

property

owned or leased by tenants in common compare tenancy in common at tenancy com·mu·ni·ty property : property held jointly by husband and wife ;specif : property esp. from employment and debts acquired by either spouse after marriage

Jus accrescendi

Jus accrescendi (the right of survivorship). See JOINT-TENANCY. Means 'right of accretion'. A right of accrual; esp., the right of survivorship that a joint tenant enjoys,

Real representative

Act, in whom all his real estate except copyhold was vested notwithstanding his will, unless, as in a joint tenancy, any other person had a right to take by survivorship, so that one and the same person had

sever

sever sev·ered sev·er·ing 1 : to end (a joint tenancy) by ending one or all of the unities of time, title, possession, or interest (as by conveying one

tenants by the entirety

tenants by the entirety A joint tenancy between husband and wife. At the death of one spouse, the property passes to the other spouse. Source:

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