severalty

American  

[sev-er-uhl-tee, sev-ruhl-] / ˈsɛv ər əl ti, ˈsɛv rəl- /

noun

• severalties
  plural

1. the state of being separate.

2. Law.

   1. (of an estate, especially land) the condition of being held or owned by separate and individual right.

   2. an estate held or owned by individual right.

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severalty British  

/ ˈsɛvrəltɪ /

noun

1. the state of being several or separate

2. (usually preceded by in) property law the tenure of property, esp land, in a person's own right and not jointly with another or others

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• severalties
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of severalty

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Anglo-French word severalte. See several, -ty ²

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

severalty

Religion advocates not the virtues in their severalty, but the whole moral enterprise.

From The Moral Economy by Ralph Barton Perry

Lands have been allotted in severalty to over two hundred.

From The Indian Question (1874) by Francis Amasa Walker

During the first period, the lands inclosed consisted mainly of common arable fields; during the second, many great tracts of moor and fen were reduced to severalty ownership.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various

Lands were allotted in severalty, certain coal, oil, and asphalt lands being reserved.

From History of the United States, Volume 6 by Elisha Benjamin Andrews

If the society has formed no rules for the appropriation of its lands in severalty, it will be taken by the first occupants, and these will generally be the wife and children of the decedent.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph

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