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De - Pt| English Dictionary: estate in severalty | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Severalty \Sev"er*al*ty\, n. A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right. Forests which had never been owned in severalty. --Bancroft. {Estate in severalty} (Law), an estate which the tenant holds in his own right, without being joined in interest with any other person; -- distinguished from joint tenancy, coparcenary, and common. --Blackstone. | |
