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Undivided

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Held by the same title by two or more persons, whether their rights are equal as to value or quantity, or un- Tenants iij common, joint tenants, ana equal., partners hold an undivided right In their redivided thing extend over the whole aiid every part oi it, totum m toto, et totum m ^ualibet parte. See "Per My et Per Tout." UNDRE8 (Saxon).

In old English law. Minors or persons under age.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Not segregated; the nature of the title held by a tenant in common or a joint tenant.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Held by the same title by two or more persons, whether their rights are equal as to value or quantity, or unequal. See In re Wellington, 16 Pick. (Mass.) 98, 26 Am. Dec. 631.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

An undivided right or title or a title to an undivided portion of an estate, is that owned by one of two or more tenants in common or joint tenants before partition.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Division, 1.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

As used in a resolve of proprietors of common lands, that a certain tract shall remain undivided, means that it shall not be subject to partition and allotted to individual proprietors in severalty, but shall be held in common, for public use; not that the tract cannot be set off in distinct enclosures for separate public uses. To fence off a portion of such tract for a highway is not a violation of the resolve that it shall remain undivided. Matter of Wellington, 16 Pick. 87.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

what is held by the same title by two or more persons, whether their rights are equal, as to value or quantity, or unequal. Tenants in common, joint-tenants and partners, hold an undivided right in their respective properties, until partition has been made. The rights of each owner of an undivided thing extends over the whole and every part of it, totum in toto, et totum in qudlibet parte. Vide Partition; Per my et tout.