SEV'ERALTY, noun A state of separation from the rest, or from all others. An estate in severalty, is that which the tenant holds in his own right, without being joined in interest with any other person. It is distinguished from joint-tenacy, coparcenary and common.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.