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Unity Of Time

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

One of the essential properties of a joint estate; the estates of the tenants being vested at one and the same period. 2 Bl. Comm. 181.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Exists when title vested all the tenants at once.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

One of the essential properties of a joint estate; the estates of the tenants being vested at one and the same period. 2 Bl. Comm. 181.

Unity of title. applied to joint tenants, to signify that they hold their property by one and the same title, while tenants in common may take property by several titles. Williams, Reai Prop. 134.

Defined under Unity in Black's Law Dictionary.