Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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… … Law 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 — n. separateness, distinctness; exclusive possession, individual ownership; property held in exclusive ownership … English contemporary dictionary
ownership — noun 1. the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others (Freq. 4) • Derivationally related forms: ↑owner • Hypernyms: ↑relation • Hyponyms: ↑community, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
repartiamento — A term encountered in Spanish American grants signifying a partition of common property among the several owners. All the lands in the kingdom of Spain were divided into territoria. The territorium was divided into proprios, solares, ejidos,… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Dawes General Allotment Act — or Dawes Severalty Act (1887) U.S. land distribution law proposed by Sen. Henry L. Dawes (1816–1903) of Massachusetts as a way to civilize and make farmers of the American Indians. Grants of 80 to 160 acres were offered to each Indian head of… … Universalium
common — com·mon 1 adj 1 a: of or relating to a community at large: public common defense b: known to the community a common thief 2: belonging to or shared by two or more persons or things or by all members of a group … Law dictionary
History of English land law — Material here has been extracted from the 1911 Britannica encyclopedia. The history of English land law derives from a mixture of Roman, Norman and modern legislative sources.OutlineSuch terms as fee or homage carry us back into feudal times.… … Wikipedia
Theodore Roosevelt: False Sentimentality About the Indians — ▪ Primary Source Theodore Roosevelt favored a rational and equitable policy toward Native Americans, but he firmly believed that the Indian nations had no claim to the land they inhabited and were in fact nomadic people who by… … Universalium
partition — par·ti·tion /pär ti shən/ n: the severance voluntarily or by legal proceedings of common or undivided interests in property and esp. real property: division into severalty of property held jointly or in common or the sale of such property by a… … Law dictionary
