tenant in common

noun [C] (plural tenants in common) LAW, PROPERTY

Definition

› a person who owns a building or land with at least one other person. Each person's share of the property is not passed automatically to the other tenant or tenants in common when they die. → Compare joint tenant

(Definition of tenant in common noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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