Rhode Island General Laws 34-14-2. Liability of co-tenant
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Every joint tenant, tenant in common, or co-parcener who commits any waste on any estate he or she holds in joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or co-parcenary, without the consent of the other joint tenants, tenants in common, or co-parceners, shall forfeit double the amount of the waste so done, to be recovered by the other joint tenants, tenants in common, or co-parceners, to their own use.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 268, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 333, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 384, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 587, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 34-14-2.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 34-14-2
- 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.
- Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent