joint tenancy with right of survivorship

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• With Benefit Of Survivorship — A form of joint tenancy ownership where property passes to the survivor(s) when one of the joint members dies, rather than becoming part of the decedent s estate. With benefit of survivorship is a legally defined situation where two or more… …   Investment dictionary

• right of survivorship — right of survivorship: the right of the survivor of owners of property held jointly to take the entire property; esp: the right of the survivor of joint tenants to sole ownership of the entire property Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam …   Law dictionary

• joint tenancy — see tenancy Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. joint tenancy …   Law dictionary

• tenancy — noun a) The occupancy of property etc, under a lease, or by paying rent. b) The period of occupancy by a tenant. See Also: co tenancy , fixed term tenancy, holdover tenancy, joint tenancy with right of survivorship, periodic tenancy, tenancy at… …   Wiktionary

• joint tenancy — An estate held by two or more persons jointly, with equal rights to share in its enjoyment during their lives, and having as its distinguishing feature the right of survivorship, or jus accrescendi, by virtue of which the entire estate, upon the… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• estate in joint tenancy — An estate held by two or more persons jointly, with equal rights to share in its enjoyment during their lives, and having as its distinguishing feature the right of survivorship, by virtue of which the entire estate goes to the survivor (or in… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• tenancy — A tenancy involves an interest in realty which passes to the tenant, and a possession exclusive even of that of landlord, except as lease permits landlord s entry, and saving his right to enter to demand rent or to make repairs. Layton v. A. I.… …   Black's law dictionary

• survivorship — sur·vi·vor·ship n 1: the right of one or more joint tenants who have survived another to take the interest of the person who has died 2: the state of being a survivor Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• tenancy — ten·an·cy / te nən sē/ n pl cies 1: the holding of or a mode of holding an estate in property: a: a form of ownership of property: tenure b: the temporary possession or occupancy of property that belongs to another holdover tenancy …   Law dictionary

• tenancy by the entirety — see tenancy Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. tenancy by the entirety …   Law dictionary

• joint — adj 1: common to two or more: as a: involving the combined activity or negligence of two or more a joint tort see also joint tortfeasor compare several b …   Law dictionary