Tenancy in common

tenancy in commona type of tenancy where more than one person own interest in a piece of real property. The interest of each owner does not have to be equal.

tenancy in common - Applies to two or more people owning property together.

tenancy in common
n. title to property (usually real property, but it can apply to personal property) held by two or more persons, in which each has an "undivided interest" in the property and all have an equal right to use the property, ...

Tenancy in common: The possession of property by two or more people wherein each party possesses an undivided interest in the entire property.

TENANCY IN COMMON: A type of joint ownership that allows a person to sell his share or leave it in a will without the consent of the other owners. If a person dies without a will, his share goes to his heirs, not to the other owners.

tenancy in common
A way two or more people can own property together. Each can leave his or her interest upon death to beneficiaries of his choosing instead of to the other owners, as is required with joint tenancy.

Tenancy in common is a form of concurrent ownership that can be created by deed, will, or operation of law. Several features distinguish it from joint tenancy: A tenant in common may have a larger share of property than the other tenants.

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Tenancy in common is a form of property ownership. Each tenant in common owns a distinct share in the property.

Tenancy in common: Tenants-in-common share property rights, but may hold different parts of a piece of land, or unequal shares.

: a tenancy that is shared by spouses who are considered one person in law and have the rights of survivorship inherent in joint tenancy and that becomes a tenancy in common in the event of divorce < ...

Tenancy in Common; Bac. Abr. Joint-Tenants and Tenants in Common; Com. Dig. Abatement, E 10, F 6; Chancery, 3 V 4 Devise, N 8; Estates, K 8, K 2 Supp. to Ves. jr. vol. 1, 272, 315; 1 Vern. It. 353; Arch. Civ. Pl. 53, 73.

"(I)n a case of ambiguity, the Court very properly leans to a construction which creates a tenancy in common in preference to a joint tenancy.

The term "coparcenary" is not in use in the United States, joint heirship being considered as tenancy in common.
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Vesting
Denotes the manner in which title is held. Examples of common vestings are: Community Property, Joint Tenancy and Tenancy in Common.
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The connotation that somehow the wife is merely an adjunct to her husband, as well as the modern concepts of joint tenancy, tenancy in common, ...

See also: Tenancy, State, Law, Property, Joint