The Law Dictionary for Everyone
Joint tenancy is a situation wherein two people hold equal ownership in a single piece of real property. Both names are on the deed, and each person has a 50 percent ownership stake in that particular piece of property. If one of the two people dies, then the other person automatically takes complete ownership of the property. To explore this […]
Read moreThe legal term “tenants in common” refers to a form of ownership in which two or more people own separate shares of the same real property. In tenants in common circumstances, each person holds an individual, undivided ownership interest, which gives them an equal right to use the property or transfer their ownership interest. Any of these actions must be […]
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