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Unity of interest

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Unity of possession

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Coactivity

Unity of action

Coparceners or parceners

the deceased intestate ancestor; in default of sons, they descended to all the daughters equally. Coparceners had a unity though not an entirety, or necessarily an equality, of interest; if there were tow only, each was properly

Joint-tenancy

convention of parties, must arise out of the same deed, will, or claim, for there must exist a unity of title between them which must be by purchase and not by mere operation of law, and the

Tenancy in Common

them. Each tenant-in-common has, in contemplation of law, a distinct tenement and a distinct freehold. Tenants-in-common hold by unity of possession, because neither of them knows his own severalty, and therefore they all occupy promiscuously. This is

Larger parcel

from the larger tract. To grant both kinds of damages a court generally requires the owner to show unity of ownership unity of use, and contiguity of the land of the land. But some states and the

Same transaction

of 'the same transaction', they must be connected together in some way, for instance, by proximity of time, unity of place, unity or continuity of purpose or design, or continuity of action. Proximity of time and unity

Net wealth

in relation to the said assets. [Wealth-tax Act, 1957 (27 of 1957), s. 32 (m)] A coparcenary has unity of possession but not unity of ownership on the property. In pursuance to a decree for partition each

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