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LEGAL JOINT TENANCY [4 records]

Record 1 2013-06-17

English

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

One of the essential properties of a joint tenancy, under which the estates of the joint tenants must be created by one and the same act, whether legal or illegal; as by one and the same grant, or by one and the same disseisin.(Ballentine's, 3rd ed., 1969, pp. 1319-20)

French

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

unité de titre : 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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Record 2 2013-03-06

English

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

Although in the case of personalty... there may be either a legal joint tenancy or a legal tenancy in common, a trust may, of course, be created(even orally) by the donor of personalty to one or more persons for concurrent interests.... In such cases, where the trustees hold as legal joint tenants in trust for persons entitled in common in equity, the "jus accrescendi" will, of course, operate with respect to the legal interest upon the death of one of the trustees.(Crossley Vaines, 5th ed., 1973, p. 57).

French

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

tenance conjointe en common law : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langue officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-11-14

English

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

Co-ownership occurs where several persons are entitled to the possession, user and benefit of one thing, "pro indiviso", no one being entitled to any specific part of it, and the right of user of each being subject to a similar right in the others; as in the case of joint tenancy and tenancy in common ... (Jowitt’s, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 1301)

OBS

There are several forms of co-ownership, each one having unique legal characteristics. The forms of co-ownership most commonly recognized... are tenancy in common, joint tenancy, tenancy by the entirety, community property, condominium, cooperative, and partnership property.(Reilly, 1977, p. 105)

French

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

copropriété : 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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Record 4 2003-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

Where a husband dies beneficially entitled to any lands for an interest that does not entitle his widow to dower out of the same at law, and such interest, whether wholly equitable, or partly legal and partly equitable, is an estate of inheritance in possession other than an estate in joint tenancy, the widow shall be entitled to dower out of the same land.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
OBS

Lorsqu'un mari décède alors qu'il possède sur des biens-fonds, à titre de bénéficiaire, un intérêt qui ne donne pas droit à sa veuve de bénéficier en droit d'un douaire sur ces biens-fonds, et que cet intérêt, qu'il soit totalement en «équité» ou partiellement en droit et partiellement en «équité», est un droit héréditaire actuel autre qu'un droit de propriété conjointe, la veuve a le droit de bénéficier d'un douaire sur ces biens-fonds.

Spanish

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