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Severalty

noun
1.
The state of being several and distinct.  Synonyms: discreteness, distinctness, separateness.
2.
Exclusive individual ownership.





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"Severalty" Quotes from Famous Books



... to divide their lands; and, in the expectation of receiving a deed of confirmation for the particular portion which fortune should allot to each, cast lots, in the presence of James, for the shares each should hold in severalty. They continued, however, to act some years longer as a body politic, during which time, they granted various portions of the country to different persons; and executed under the seal of the corporation, deeds of feoffment for the lots drawn by each member of the ...
— The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 (of 5) • John Marshall


Words linked to "Severalty" :   separation, ownership, distinctness


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