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joint tenants

joint tenants is the plural of joint tenant.

Meaning of joint tenant

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

Questions about joint tenants

What is joint tenants the plural of?
Joint tenants is the plural of joint tenant.

Words near joint tenants in the dictionary

  1. joint space
  2. joint spaces
  3. joint tenancies
  4. joint tenancy
  5. joint tenant
  6. joint tenants
  7. joint venture
  8. joint ventures
  9. joint will
  10. joint wills
  11. joint-stock bank

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