severalty

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noun

The sole ownership of property by someone.

Similar
discretenessdistinctnessseparateness
OriginMiddle English severalte ← Middle French severalte →
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Meanings

nounseveralty (countable and uncountable, plural severalties)

plural severalties

  1. countableuncountablelawThe sole ownership of property by someone.
  2. countableuncountableThe quality of being several or separate.

    […] thus a joint submission to arbitrament may be taken severally in respect of the severalty of the causes.

    1846, George Spence, The Equitable Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, page 545

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe state of being several and distinct

Similar
discretenessdistinctnessseparateness
Broader
separation
Also see
discretenessdistinctnessseparateness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchseveralte
  2. Middle Englishseveralte
  3. Englishseveralty

From Middle English severalte, from Middle French severalte. By surface analysis, several + -ty.

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APA

severalty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/severalty

MLA

“severalty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/severalty. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “severalty,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/severalty.

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