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severalty |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Severalty \Sev"er*al*ty\, n. A state of separation from the rest, or from all others a holding by individual right Forests which had never been owned in severalty. --Bancroft. {Estate in severalty} (Law), an estate which the tenant holds in his own right without being joined in interest with any other person; -- distinguished from joint tenancy, coparcenary, and common. --Blackstone. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: severalty n : the state of being several and distinct [syn: {discreteness}, {distinctness}, {separateness}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: SEVERALTY, n. Separateness, as lands in severalty, i.e., lands held individually, not in joint ownership. Certain tribes of Indians are believed now to be sufficiently civilized to have in severalty the lands that they have hitherto held as tribal organizations, and could not sell to the Whites for waxen beads and potato whiskey. Lo! the poor Indian whose unsuited mind Saw death before hell and the grave behind; Whom thrifty settler ne'er besought to stay -- His small belongings their appointed prey; Whom Dispossession, with alluring wile, Persuaded elsewhere every little while! His fire unquenched and his undying worm By "land in severalty" (charming term!) Are cooled and killed, respectively, at last And he to his new holding anchored fast!
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