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tenancies in common

tenancies in common is the plural of tenancy in common.

Meaning of tenancy in common

Noun

tenancy in common (plural tenancies in common)

  1. A form of ownership by two or more individuals in which each owner has a distinct, separately transferable interest which does not pass to the other owner or owners upon death.
    • 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
    Synonyms:
    TIC

Questions about tenancies in common

What is tenancies in common the plural of?
Tenancies in common is the plural of tenancy in common.

Words near tenancies in common in the dictionary

  1. tenamfetamine
  2. tenamphetamine
  3. tenancies
  4. tenancies by the entirety
  5. tenancies for life
  6. tenancies in common
  7. Tenancingo
  8. tenancy
  9. tenancy by the entirety
  10. tenancy for life
  11. tenancy in common

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