Legal Definition and Related Resources of Joint tenants
Meaning of Joint tenants
Two or more persons who acquire together lands or tenements to be held jointly between them in equal shares, the interests of all uniting and forming one ownership. Joint tenants differ from tenants in common, in that the title of the former must have been acquired at the same time, by the same conveyance or act, while the latter hold by several titles; and also in that the shares of the former are equal, while those of the latter need not be so.
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United States Tax Concept of Joint Tenants
Ownership by two persons. Under joint tenancy with rights of survivorship when one tenant dies the decedent’s interest passes to the survivor.
Concept of Joint Tenants in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Joint Tenants: Those holding under joint tenancy. See also: Joint Tenancy.
Concept of Joint Tenants in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Joint Tenants: Those holding under joint tenancy. See also: Joint Tenancy.
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