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Definition of Cotenants
1. cotenant [n] - See also: cotenant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cotenants
Literary usage of Cotenants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"Upon his death she with her cotenants became the absolute owners of the entire
estate, including the tract occupied by her. It was error upon the part of ..."
2. Cotenancy and Partition: A Treatise on the Law of Co-ownership as it Exists by Abraham Clark Freeman (1886)
"General view of the Rights and Remedies of cotenants as against Strangers.—The
rights of cotenants as against strangers to the ..."
3. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1890)
"thus in possession the tenant may, as a general rule, manage the common property
in any way he pleases, provided he does not injure his cotenants.1 But one ..."
4. The Law of Waters and Water Rights: International, National, State by Henry Philip Farnham (1904)
"cotenants.— Where a ditch is constructed under an agreement that each of the
parties should be entitled to appropriate his share of the water of the stream, ..."
5. California Jurisprudence: A Complete Statement of the Law and Practice of by William Mark McKinney (1922)
"... in common of land is under no duty to pay the taxes assessed upon the undivided
interest of his cotenants.18 § 17. Compensation for Care of Property. ..."
6. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1917)
"... or part of it, the Hen is lost.13 And in a case where the cotenants of a mine
employ a manager to work it and to account to them for the proceeds, ..."
7. The Law of Real Property and Other Interests in Land by Herbert Thorndike Tiffany (1903)
"Contribution as between cotenants. A joint tenant, tenant in common, ... if this
can be done without injury to the other cotenants;119 and, when this cannot ..."
8. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1898)
"In a suit for partition, the claim of one of the cotenants for compensation for
Improvements made by him cannot be barred by the statute of limitations. ..."
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