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JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join) , that which joins two parts together or the place where two parts are joined. (See JOINERY
JOINTS
term
joint , i.e. enforceable only against all of them taken together, or joint and several, i.e. enforceable against each or all at the option of the claimant (see GUARANTEE). So an interest
long as all the lives are in existence. Joint-tenants are co-owners who take together at the same time, by the same title , and without any difference in the quality or extent of their respective interests; and when one of the joint-tenants dies his share, instead of going to his own heirs, lapses to his co-tenants by survivorship. This estate is therefore to be carefully distinguished from tenancy in common, when the co-tenants have each a separate
interest
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