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Webster 1913 Edition

Severalty

Sev′er-al-ty

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Severalty

SEV'ERALTY

,
Noun.
A state of separation from the rest, or from all others. An estate in severalty, is that which the tenant holds in his own right, without being joined in interest with any other person. It is distinguished from joint-tenacy, coparcenary and common.

Definition 2024

severalty

severalty

English

Noun

severalty ‎(plural severalties)

  1. (law) the sole holding of property by someone.

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