Term:
Joint ownership; common ownership; joint tenancy
Definition:

A tenancy in which two or more parties hold equal and simultaneously-created interests in the same property, and in which title to the entire property remains with the survivors upon the death of one of them (as a spouse) and so on to the last survivor.

Domain:
Agriculture
Source:
FAO Land Tenure Manuals, No.2, FAO, 2006.
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