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tenant in common ˌtenant in ˈcommon noun tenants in common _PLURALFORM [countable]

LAW PROPERTY a person who shares the ownership of land or property with two or more other people

tenant in common UK US noun [C] (plural tenants in common) LAW, PROPERTY

► a person who owns a building or land with at least one other person. Each person's share of the property is not passed automatically to the other tenant or tenants in common when they die.

→ Compare JOINT TENANT(Cf. ↑joint tenant)