Joint Tenancy at Real Estate Glossary

What is it? An estate or unit of interest in real estate that is owned by two or more natural persons with rights of survivorship. The basic idea of a joint tenancy is unity of ownership; title is held as though all owners collectively constituted one person, a ficti

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