[sev.er.al.ty] n [ME severalte, fr. AF severalte, fr. several] (15c) 1: the quality or state of being several: distinctness, separateness
2. a: a sole, separate, and exclusive possession, dominion, or ownership: one's own right without a joint interest in any other person "tenants in ~" b: the quality or state of being individual or particular 3 a: land owned in severalty b: the quality or state of being held in severalty