Severalty
noun, plural severalties.
1.
the state of being separate.
2.
Law.
(of an estate, especially land) the condition of being held or owned by separate and individual right.
an estate held or owned by individual right.
noun (pl) -ties
1.
the state of being several or separate
2.
(usually preceded by in) (property law) the tenure of property, esp land, in a person’s own right and not jointly with another or others
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