The dividing of lands held by Joint tenants, coparceners, or tenants in common, into distinct portions, so that they may hold them in severalty. And, in a less technical seuse, any division of real or personal property between co-owners or co-proprietors. Meacham v. Meacham, 91 Tenn. 532, 19 S. W. 757; Hudgins v. Sansora, 72 Tex. 229. 10 S. W. 104; weiser v. weiser, 5 watts (Pa.) 279, 30 Am. Dec. 313; Gay ▼
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
