Definitions for: Severalty

[n] the state of being several and distinct

Webster (1913) Definition: Sev"er*al*ty, n.
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.

Synonyms: discreteness, distinctness, separateness

See Also: separation

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