cotenant


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co·ten·ant

 (kō-tĕn′ənt)
n.
One of two or more tenants sharing property.

co·ten′an·cy n.
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cotenant

(kəʊˈtɛnənt)
n
(Law) a person who holds property jointly or in common with others
coˈtenancy n
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Noun1.cotenant - one of two or more tenants holding title to the same property
tenant - a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease)
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In a tenancy in common, each cotenant owns an equal share of the property, which means that each co-tenant has an equal right to possess or use the entire property and the rent or maintenance costs of the property are shared among the co-tenants according to their ownership interests.
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1978) (describing tribal and state rights to a shared migratory fishery as "something analogous to a cotenancy, with the tribes as one cotenant and all citizens of the Territory (and later of the state) as the other") (citation omitted); United States v.
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"It's a situation that no real newspaper would ever cotenant." In other words, it would be like having the White House pay for the reporting of The Washington Post.
1981) (holding that the ex-wife was not cohabiting because "there was no evidence of a sexual relationship, a romantic involvement, or even a homemaker-companion relationship" between the ex-wife and her cotenant); Austin v.
Formally, no cotenant unilaterally controls the asset.
(216) Each cotenant has the authority to give consent.