Hi Richard! Joint tenants, as the phrase implies, own the whole property jointly as a single entity so that when one of the parties dies, the other owns it absolutely. In the case of tenants in common, the property is effectively divided in half so that each party can bequeath, his or her half of the property and the survivor remains with only a 50% interest. Obviously more than two persons could be involved in either case so that the fractions could be less than ½. Cheers Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Prankerd" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 10:57 PM Subject: [WSX] Tenants in Common > List: > > I am in the process of transcribing a number of 18th century wills > (from the PRO-Online website) and have repeatedly encountered the > following statement: > > "to be divided equally between them share and share alike as Tenants > in Common and not as joint Tenants " > > Can someone please explain to me the difference between "Tenants in > Common" and "joint Tenants". This has been applied in situations > where the number of beneficiaries is anywhere from two to six. > > Many thanks > Richard > Richard J. Prankerd, PhD > Senior Lecturer Phone: INT + (613) 9903-9517 > Victorian College of Pharmacy Fax: INT + (613) 9903-9583 > (A Faculty of Monash University) email: [email protected] > 381 Royal Parade > Parkville VIC 3052 > AUSTRALIA > > Researching: > PRANKERD and variants in Dorset, Somerset, Wilts, Bristol, London, > Hamps and Berks, not to mention Australia > I use Archive CD Books to help with my research > http://www.archivecdbooks.org > > > ==== WESSEX-PLUS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from list send the command "unsubscribe" to: > [email protected] (if in mail mode) or > [email protected] (if in digest mode.) > >