Per my et per tout
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Case Law, Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)
Definitions from Case Law
From 11 U.S. 34 - Alexander Shirras John Black William Milligan William Blacklock Joseph Verrees v. John Caig Robert Mitchel · 1812Most cited · 62 citing opinions
By the conveyance from Levi Sheftall to James Gairdner, Edwin Gairdner, and Robert Mitchel, each acquired a fee simple in one third of the property in question. In legal language they were each seized per my and per tout of a third part in joint tenancy.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Fr. By the half and by the whole. A phrase descriptive of the mode in which joint tenants hold the joint estate, the effect of which, technically considered, is that for purposes of tenure and survivorship each is the holder of the whole, but for purposes of allenation cach has only bis own share, which is pre-i sumed in law to be equal. 1 Washb. Real Prop, 406.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
By every part or parcel and by the whole. A joint tenant of lands is said to be seised per my et per tout. Litt. s. 288.