cotenant
6.8
A person who owns part of a house or land with other people
- noun
- /ˈkoʊˌtɛnənt/
- Formal
:
copropietario
- As a cotenant of the apartment, she had equal rights to use the common areas.
Examples
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The court reasoned that law enforcement cannot enter a residence if a present cotenant objects to a search because no "social practice" supports allowing one co-tenant.
Academic text (2017) -
The landlord required both cotenants to sign the rental agreement before moving in.
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When their lease expired, both cotenants decided to renew it for another year.
Synonyms
coproprietor
vscotenant
1
7.7
A person who owns something with other people
is specific to joint legal holding of the same real property
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word cotenant comes from the parts co- meaning 'together' and tenant from a root meaning 'to hold', like someone who lives in or holds a house. So a cotenant is a person who 'holds' the same property 'together' with others.