joint estate
Any of the following five types of estates: (1) a joint tenancy, (2) a tenancy in common, (3) an estate in coparcenary (a common-law estate in which coheirs hold as tenants in common), (4) a tenancy by the entirety, or (5) an estate in partnership. [Cases: Husband and Wife 14.2–14.7; Joint Tenancy 1; Tenancy in Common 1. C.J.S. Estates § 19; Joint Tenancy§§ 2, 4, 7–9; Tenancy in Common §§ 2–5.]