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cotenancy [1 record]

Record 1 2012-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

The ownership of property by two or more persons in such manner that they have an undivided possession or right to possession, but several freeholds, the term including joint tenancies, tenancies in common, and tenancies by the entirety. (Ballentine's, 3rd ed., 1969, p. 278)

Key term(s)
  • co-tenancy

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

cotenance : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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