'Estate in severalty' definitions:

Definition of 'Estate in severalty'

From: GCIDE
  • Severalty \Sev"er*al*ty\, n. A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right. [1913 Webster]
  • Forests which had never been owned in severalty. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]