plural of tenancy

Synonym of lease (an interest in land, its related contract or the document containing that contract); more commonly used when a lease is short-term or has a periodic rent that is not merely nominal.

plural of tenancy for life

plural of tenancy by the entirety

plural of tenancy in common

plural of joint tenancy

A life estate.

(law) A type of concurrent estate available only to married couples, where ownership of property is treated as though the couple were a single legal person.

(law) A form of ownership by two or more individuals in which the share in the asset belonging to any of the owners passes automatically to the other owners upon death, without requiring probate.

(law) A form of ownership by two or more individuals in which each owner has a distinct, separately transferable interest which does not pass to the other owner or owners upon death.