Definition of severalty in English:
severalty
noun ˈsɛv(ə)r(ə)ltiˈsɛv(ə)rəlti
mass nounarchaic The condition of being separate.
the original severalty and subsequent consolidation of the different portions of Attica
Example sentencesExamples
- There exists in this country an endemic resistance to a single thing on a plate and equally an equation between quality and severalty.
Phrases
(of land) in one's own right as private property, rather than in interest with another.
the arable lands are held in severalty, while pasture and bog are in common
Example sentencesExamples
- The government of Canada received a request from myself and my family for land in severalty and tax exemption.
- In Oklahoma, the Apache land was allotted in severalty under the General Allotment Act of 1887 (also known as the Dawes Act); Oklahoma Apaches became citizens of the new state of Oklahoma and of the United States in 1907.
- ‘Indeed, it is a fact of observation that those who own common property, and share in its management, are far more often at variance with one another than those who have property in severalty.’
Origin
Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French severalte, from several (see several).
Definition of severalty in US English:
severalty
nounˈsɛv(ə)rəltiˈsev(ə)rəltē
archaic The condition of being separate.
Example sentencesExamples
- There exists in this country an endemic resistance to a single thing on a plate and equally an equation between quality and severalty.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French severalte, from several (see several).