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joint tenancy

joint tenancy noun: 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.

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
    • Whether it is a tenancy in common or a joint tenancy, there are several ways to end the co-ownership.2001, Gerald R. Cortesi, Mastering Real Estate Principles, →ISBN, page 132

joint tenancy meaning in Tamil and Urdu

joint tenancy in Tamil

கூட்டு நிலச் சொத்துரிமை

joint tenancy in Urdu

جائیداد کی مشترکہ ملکیت

Forms of joint tenancy

pluraljoint tenancies

Questions about joint tenancy

What does joint tenancy mean?
Joint tenancy means 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.
What is joint tenancy in Tamil?
Joint tenancy in Tamil is கூட்டு நிலச் சொத்துரிமை. See Joint tenancy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is joint tenancy?
Joint tenancy is a noun.
What is the plural of joint tenancy?
The plural of joint tenancy is joint tenancies.

Words near joint tenancy in the dictionary

  1. joint snake
  2. joint snakes
  3. joint space
  4. joint spaces
  5. joint tenancies
  6. joint tenancy
  7. joint tenant
  8. joint tenants
  9. joint venture
  10. joint ventures
  11. joint will

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Adapted from Wiktionary: joint tenancy (page history and authors); joint tenancy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); joint tenancy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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