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joint tenant

joint tenant noun: one of the owners of an asset that is mutually owned by joint tenancy.

Noun

joint tenant (plural joint tenants)

  1. One of the owners of an asset that is mutually owned by joint tenancy.
    • In Commonwealth Caribbean jurisdictions, apart from Belize, the pre-1926 co-ownership rules apply. Under these rules, both joint tenancies and tenancies in common can exist at law in equity as legal estates and equitable interests respectively. The possibility of creating tenancies in common at law...2014, Gilbert Kodilinye, Commonwealth Caribbean Property Law, →ISBN, page 105

Forms of joint tenant

pluraljoint tenants

Questions about joint tenant

What does joint tenant mean?
Joint tenant means one of the owners of an asset that is mutually owned by joint tenancy.
What part of speech is joint tenant?
Joint tenant is a noun.
What is the plural of joint tenant?
The plural of joint tenant is joint tenants.

Words near joint tenant in the dictionary

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

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