Severalty

n.

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A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right. Forests which had never been owned in severalty. - Bancroft. Estate in severalty (Law) an estate which the tenant holds in his own right, without being joined in interest with any other person; - distinguished from joint tenancy, coparcenary, and common. - Blackstone.

Noun

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severalty - the state of being several and distinct Synonyms: discreteness, separateness, distinctness

SEVERALTY, title to an estate. An estate in severalty is one which is held by the tenant in his own right only, without any other being joined or connected with him in point of interest, during the continuance of his estate. 2 Bl. Com. 179. Cruise, Dig. 479, 480.

discreteness, distinctness, separateness, separation