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joint tenancies

joint tenancies is the plural of joint tenancy.

Meaning of joint tenancy

Noun

joint tenancy (plural joint tenancies)

  1. A form of ownership by two or more individuals in which the share in the asset belonging to any of the owners passes automatically to the other owners upon death, without requiring probate.
    • 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.1894, Norman L. Freeman, Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Illinois, volume 148

Questions about joint tenancies

What is joint tenancies the plural of?
Joint tenancies is the plural of joint tenancy.

Words near joint tenancies in the dictionary

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