The Collaborative International Dictionary
Estate in severalty
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.