'Severalty' definitions:
Definition of 'severalty'
From: WordNet
noun
noun
Exclusive individual ownership
Definition of '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]