tenancy in common

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tenancy in common

noun tenancies in common

  1. countable, uncountable A form of ownership by two or more individuals in which each owner has a distinct, separately transferable interest which does not pass to the other owner or owners upon death. The act of 1821, “concerning partition and joint rights and obligations,” undertook to deal only with joint tenancies and tenancies in common, held by the tenants in their own rights or in right of their wives.

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@misc{tenancy_in_common_2026,
  title = {tenancy in common},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tenancy%20in%20common},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}