tenant in common

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noun Law.

one of two or more persons who hold property by tenancy in common.

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Compare joint tenant.

Origin of tenant in common

First recorded in 1600–10

Words nearby tenant in common

tenancy in common, tenant, tenant farmer, tenant farming, tenant in chief, tenant in common, tenantry, tenants association, tenants' charter, Tencel, ten-cent store