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severalty

severalty noun: the sole ownership of property by someone.

Noun

severalty (countable and uncountable, plural severalties)

  1. The sole ownership of property by someone.
  2. The quality of being several or separate.
    • […] thus a joint submission to arbitrament may be taken severally in respect of the severalty of the causes.1846, George Spence, The Equitable Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, page 545

severalty meaning in Tamil

severalty in Tamil

பங்கிடப்பெறாத உடைமைத் தனிமுழு நிலை

Forms of severalty

pluralseveralties

Origin of severalty

From Middle English severalte, from Middle French severalte. By surface analysis, several + -ty.

Questions about severalty

What does severalty mean?
Severalty means the sole ownership of property by someone.
What is severalty in Tamil?
Severalty in Tamil is பங்கிடப்பெறாத உடைமைத் தனிமுழு நிலை. See Severalty meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is severalty?
Severalty is a noun.
What is the plural of severalty?
The plural of severalty is severalties.

Words near severalty in the dictionary

  1. severally
  2. severalness
  3. severals
  4. severalth
  5. severalties
  6. severalty
  7. Severan
  8. severance
  9. severance pay
  10. severance payment
  11. severance payments

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: severalty (page history and authors); severalty (Tamil 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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