Tenancy in severalty refers to sole ownership of property. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us when you take certain actions on our ...

Joint tenancy is a type of shared property ownership. In a joint tenancy agreement, two or more people share an equal amount of ownership in the home. There are no limits to who can own the property ...

Partition is the act of splitting. Think Moses and the Red Sea, dividing into parts. Partition in the legal context involves the dividing of lands held by joint tenants, or tenants in common, into ...