severalty noun.
['sɛv(ǝ)r(ǝ)lti] LME.[Anglo-Norman severalte, -aute (whence Anglo-Latin separalitas), formed as SEVERAL adjective + -TY1. Cf. SEVERALITY.]1. The condition of being separate or distinct; separateness, distinctness.
LME.2. a. The tenure of land held by an individual absolutely, not jointly or in common with another; the condition of land so held. Orig. in
in severalty (a) below.
LME.b. A piece of land held in severalty.
L16.3. =
SEVERALITY 1.
M16-M17.Phrases:
in severalty (a) Law (of land) held by an individual absolutely, not jointly or in common with another; held as private enclosed property (cf.
in common (c) s.v.
COMMON noun);
(b) separately, apart from others, particularly;
(c) in or into several divisions or parts.
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