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tenancy

of the original tenancy [liable for payment of rent in a holdover tenancy] called also tenancy at sufferance joint tenancy : a tenancy in which two or more parties hold equal and simultaneously created interests in the … by specified time periods (as months) without a lease and that may be terminated by the landlord or tenant after giving proper notice tenancy at sufferance : holdover tenancy in this entry tenancy at will : a

Per my et per tout

he is seised by every parcell and by the whole, etc.'; see Co. Litt. 186 a. If any joint tenant severs by alienating his share he destroys the joint tenancy in that share and the grantee obtains no

Coparceners or parceners

1st January, 1926, in general, if not more than four in number, hold the legal estate as joint tenants upon the statutory trusts, see 1st Sched. Part II. of the Act. As to partition by the court … in common. the remaining coparceners would, as between themselves, continue to hold in coparcenary. They were seised both jointly and severally, and possessed a unity of title, but the estate might vest in them at different periods.

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Partition

Partition, is mitakshara 'partition' may be only severance of the joint status of the members of the coparcenary, that it to say, what was once a joint title has … sets forth the disadvantages of co-ownership), and 32 Hen. 8, c. 32, the latter Act applying to joint tenants and tenants in common holding for life or years. Co-owners of copyhold were first enabled to make partition

Uses

were mere choses in action. (4) A cestui que use in possession of the land was deemed a tenant at will only, for he had neither jus in re, i.e., an estate nor jus ad rem, i.e., … that the old trustee should have first enfeoffed A., who would have re-enfeoffed the old and new trustees jointly, thereby making two conveyances necess-ary. Indeed, in the case of terms for years, and other personal property, two

Presentation

a church being vacant in his lifetime, the Crown exercises its prerogative to present, Co. Litt. 388 a. Joint-tenants and tenants in common should present jointly; and if co-parceners cannot agree, the eldest sister is entitled to … being vacant in his lifetime, the Crown exercises its prerogative to present, Co. Litt. 388 a. Joint-tenants and tenants in common should present jointly; and if co-parceners cannot agree, the eldest sister is entitled to the first

Shared household

relationship either singly or along with the respondent and includes such a household whether owned or tenanted either jointly by the aggrieved person and the respondent, or owned or tenanted by either of them in respect of … a domestic relationship either singly or along with the respondent and includes such a household whether owned or tenanted either jointly by the aggrieved person and the respondent, or owned or tenanted by either of them in

Partition, Deed of

Partition, Deed of, a primary or original convey-ance. When an estate was held in community by joint tenants, tenants in common, coparceners, or joint heirs in gavelkind, and they were desirous of dividing it into … Partition, Deed of, a primary or original convey-ance. When an estate was held in community by joint tenants, tenants in common, coparceners, or joint heirs in gavelkind, and they were desirous of dividing it into distinct

Abstract of title

title relates to different parcels of land or different interests, or (before 1926) the property formerly belonging to joint tenants, tenants in common, or coparceners; it is then better to arrange the documents relating to one portion … relates to different parcels of land or different interests, or (before 1926) the property formerly belonging to joint tenants, tenants in common, or coparceners; it is then better to arrange the documents relating to one portion under

Jus accrescendi

survivorship). See JOINT-TENANCY. Means 'right of accretion'. A right of accrual; esp., the right of survivorship that a joint tenant enjoys, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 863.

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