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tenancy by the entirety

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From 281 U.S. 497 - Tyler v. United States · 1930Most cited · 749 citing opinions

In legal contemplation, the tenants constitute a unit; neither can dispose of any part of the estate without the consent of the other; and the whole continues in the survivor.

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