SEVERALTY

noun Etymology: Middle English severalte, from Anglo-French severalté, from several Date: 15th century the quality or state of being several ; distinctness, separateness, 2. a sole, separate, and exclusive possession, dominion, or ownership ; one's own right without a joint interest in any other person , the quality or state of being individual or particular, 3. land owned in ~, the quality or state of being held in ~