 | George Crabb - 1823 - 704 pages
...jointtenants, unless the words of the grant expressly exclude such construction. Joint-tenancy comprehends unity of interest, unity of title, unity of time, and unity of possession, ie joint tenants have one and the same interest, being seized per my and per tout, ie by the half,'... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1846 - 756 pages
...communi, et nihil separatim per se.3 Hence it is said, that in jointenancy there is a fourfold unity, unity of interest, unity of title, unity of time, and unity of possession ; 4 and the right to the whole belongs to the survivor.5 But still each jointenant has an independent,... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - 1851 - 570 pages
...peculiar characteristic of an estate held by several in joint- tenancy, and which is fourfold, viz. unity of interest, unity of title, unity of time, and unity of possession. In other words, joint tenants have one and the same interest, accruing by one and the same conveyance... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1859 - 804 pages
...communi, et nihil scparatim per se? Hence it is said, that in joinMenancy there is a fourfold unity, unity of interest, unity of title, unity of time, and unity of possession ; * and the right to the whole belongs to the survivor.5 But still each jointtenant has an independent, and,... | |
 | John Willard - 1861 - 718 pages
...joint tenancy, it is to be observed that they are derived from its unity, which is fourfold, namely : unity of interest, unity of title, unity of time, and unity of possession. (2 Black. Com. 180. Crabbe's Law of Real Property, § 2033.) Therefore, joint tenants have one and... | |
 | Alexander Mansfield Burrill - 1870 - 674 pages
...peculiar characteristic of an estate held by several in joint-tenancy, and which is fourfold, viz. unity of interest, unity of title, unity of time, and unity of possession. In other words, joint tenants have one and the same interest, accruing by one and the same conveyance... | |
 | Henry Charles Deane - 1875 - 528 pages
...exist in any kind of estate in land. In order to constitute it, there must be, amongst the tenants, unity of interest, unity of title, unity of time, and unity of possession.1 In other words, the1 tenants must have the same quantity of interest (for instance, one... | |
 | William Wait - 1878 - 1004 pages
...incidents of such tenancy. The following cir^ cumstiiuces are requisite to a joint tenancy : namely, unity of interest, unity of title, unity of time, and unity of possession ; or, in other words, joint tenants have one and the same interest, accruing by one and the same conveyance,... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1881 - 788 pages
...et nihil separatim per se." 2 Hence it is said that in joint tenancy there is a fourfold unity, — unity of interest, unity of title, unity of time, and unity of possession ; 3 and the light to the whole belongs to the survivor.4 But still each joint tenant lias an independent,... | |
 | John Bouvier - 1882 - 734 pages
...joint property.8 1865. The nature of a joint tenancy requires the following circumstances, namely : unity of interest ; unity of title ; unity of time ; and unity of possession; or, in other words, joint tenants have one and the same interest; accruing by one and the same conveyance... | |
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Thus we have the four unities: unity of interest, unity of title, unity of time, and unity of possession. 
