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tenant in common

tenant in common :any of the parties holding a piece of property as a tenancy in common

tenant by the entirety

tenant by the entirety :any of the parties holding a piece of property as a tenancy by the entirety

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

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lease

or the term for which it is made see also sublease compare easement, license security interest at interest, tenancy NOTE: Article 2A of the Uniform Commercial Code, which governs leases where adopted, defines lease as “a transfer

joint tenants

joint tenants A tenancy with two or more co-owners who take identical interests. Joint tenants have a right of survivorship to the

joint tenant

joint tenant : one who holds an estate by or in joint tenancy

habendum

part of a deed that limits and defines an estate of ownership granted and sometimes the type of tenancy by which the estate is to be held NOTE: The habendum is now often just a formality.

curtesy

curtesy pl: -sies [Anglo-French curteisie, literally, favor, courtesy, originally in the phrase par la corteysie de Engleterre (tenancy) by courtesy of (the law of) England (as opposed to natural right)] : a husband's interest at common...

At any given time

Ibrahimpatnam Taluk Vyasaya Cooric Sangham v. K. Suresh Reddy, (2003) 7 SCC 667 (677). [Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act 1950 (21 of 1950), s. 50B]

Assignment and relinquishment

assignment, the assignor continues to be liable to the landlord for the performance of his obligation under the tenancy and this liability is contractual while the assignee becomes liable by reason of privity of estate. The consent

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