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severalty — sev·er·al·ty / se vrəl tē, se və rəl / n [Anglo French severalté separation, individual ownership, from several separate, several] 1: sole, separate, and exclusive ownership: one s own right without a joint interest in another person agrees to… … Law dictionary
Severalty — Sev er*al*ty, n. A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right. [1913 Webster] Forests which had never been owned in severalty. Bancroft. [1913 Webster] {Estate in severalty} (Law), an estate which the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
severalty — [sev′ər əltē, sev′rəltē] n. pl. severalties [ME severalte < Anglo Fr severauté: see SEVERAL + TY1] 1. the condition or character of being several or distinct 2. property owned by individual right, not shared with any other 3. the condition of… … English World dictionary
severalty — noun Etymology: Middle English severalte, from Anglo French severalté, from several Date: 15th century 1. the quality or state of being several ; distinctness, separateness 2. a. a sole, separate, and exclusive possession, dominion, or ownership… … New Collegiate Dictionary
severalty — See estate in severalty; in severalty; tenant in severalty … Ballentine's law dictionary
severalty — n. 1 separateness. 2 the individual or unshared tenure of an estate etc. (esp. in severalty). Etymology: ME f. AF severalte (as SEVERAL) … Useful english dictionary
severalty ownership — Sole proprietorship of property; individual dominion. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. severalty ownership Sole proprietorship of property; individual dominion … Law dictionary
severalty — noun the sole holding of property by someone. Ant: jointly … Wiktionary
severalty — n. separateness, distinctness; exclusive possession, individual ownership; property held in exclusive ownership … English contemporary dictionary
severalty — noun archaic the condition of being separate … English new terms dictionary
