ˌkāndəˈminēəm noun
( -s )
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin com- + dominium
: joint dominion or sovereignty:
a. Roman law : common ownership by two or more persons holding undivided fractional shares in the same property and having the right to alienate their shares resembling tenancy in common in Anglo-American law rather than joint tenancy with its rights of survivorship
b. : joint sovereignty or rule by two or more states over a colony or politically dependent territory
the former Anglo-Egyptian condominium over Sudan
also : the territory so ruled
c.
(1) : individual ownership of a unit in a multi-unit structure (as an apartment building)
(2) : a unit so owned
(3) : a building containing condominiums