A tenant in common, joint tenant or coparcener committing waste of the estate held in common, joint tenancy or coparcenary shall be liable to an action of waste at the suit of his or her cotenant.

Code 1852, § ?1759; Code 1915, § ?3326; Code 1935, § ?3791; 25 Del. C. 1953, § ?904; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 25 Sec. 904

  • Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
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