Joint tenancy

Definition
: a tenancy in which two or more parties hold equal and simultaneously created interests in the same property and in which title to the entire property is to remain to the survivors upon the death of one of them (as a spouse) and so on to the last survivor <a right to sever the joint tenancy>
see also tenancy by the entirety in this entry
compare tenancy in common in this entry



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