severalty

Sole property holding

Severalty is the condition of being separate or individual, especially in legal contexts.

In property law, ownership in severalty means one person holds exclusive title, as opposed to joint ownership: She holds the property in severalty.

The term appears in American history in discussions of land allotment to Native Americans, where communal tribal lands were divided into individual parcels.

separateness

partition

Barrier separating spaces

divisionSplitting into parts
individualityUnique personal character
distinctnessQuality of being distinguishable

detachment · disconnection · disjunction · isolation · autonomy · independence · self-determination · particularity · singularity · disunion

ownership

sole ownership

Undivided possession by one

individual ownershipProperty held by one
undivided interestTotal concentration on something
partitionBarrier separating spaces

joint tenancy · deed · title · conveyance · estate · freehold · leasehold · inheritance · bequest · probate

land

parcel

Wrapped item for shipping

plotStoryline or land parcel
acreageAmount of land owned
allotmentDesignated share or portion

tract · homestead · subdivision · survey · appraisal · zoning · boundary · demarcation · lot · section

Opposites

ownership structure

severaltyjoint tenancy

Shared ownership with survivorship

co-ownership · joint ownership · common ownership · communal ownership · shared ownership

unity vs. division

severaltycommonality

Shared characteristic among things

jointness · unity · togetherness · collectivity · mutuality

Phrases

several statesMore than a few territories

Family

several, severally

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