severalty

severalty
sev·er·al·ty /'se-vrəl-tē, 'se-və-rəl-/ n [Anglo-French severalté separation, individual ownership, from several separate, several]
1: sole, separate, and exclusive ownership: one's own right without a joint interest in another person
agrees to assign the lease, or some portion of it (in common or in severalty) to another operator — Pacific Enterprises Oil Co. v. Pacific Petroleum Corp., 614 So. 2d 409 (1993)
held the estate in severalty
2: the quality or state of being individual, particular, or several

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

severalty
n.
The ownership of property by one person, who does not share title with anyone else.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


severalty
n. A condition of individuality in the holding of land. A tenant in severalty is the exclusive holder of the land for the duration of his or her estate, as distinct from holding a joint tenancy.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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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. [1913 Webster] Forests which had never been owned in severalty. Bancroft. [1913 Webster] {Estate in severalty} (Law), an estate which the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • severalty — [sev′ər əltē, sev′rəltē] n. pl. severalties [ME severalte < Anglo Fr severauté: see SEVERAL + TY1] 1. the condition or character of being several or distinct 2. property owned by individual right, not shared with any other 3. the condition of… …   English World dictionary

  • severalty — noun Etymology: Middle English severalte, from Anglo French severalté, from several Date: 15th century 1. the quality or state of being several ; distinctness, separateness 2. a. a sole, separate, and exclusive possession, dominion, or ownership… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • severalty — See estate in severalty; in severalty; tenant in severalty …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • severalty — n. 1 separateness. 2 the individual or unshared tenure of an estate etc. (esp. in severalty). Etymology: ME f. AF severalte (as SEVERAL) …   Useful english dictionary

  • severalty ownership — Sole proprietorship of property; individual dominion. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. severalty ownership Sole proprietorship of property; individual dominion …   Law dictionary

  • severalty — /sev euhr euhl tee, sev reuhl /, n., pl. severalties. 1. the state of being separate. 2. Law. a. (of an estate, esp. land) the condition of being held or owned by separate and individual right. b. an estate held or owned by individual right.… …   Universalium

  • severalty — noun the sole holding of property by someone. Ant: jointly …   Wiktionary

  • severalty — n. separateness, distinctness; exclusive possession, individual ownership; property held in exclusive ownership …   English contemporary dictionary

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