Tenancy in severalty means ownership by a single owner.

• A. One owner
• B. Two owners
• C. Several owners
• D. Co-owners

Answer: (A)

Tenancy in severalty means ownership by a single owner. In this arrangement, there are no co-owners; one person or one entity holds all rights to possession, control, and transfer of the property. Because there is only one owner, there is no right of survivorship and the owner can handle conveyances independently, subject to applicable laws and the owner's will or estate plan. This contrasts with forms of ownership that involve multiple owners holding interests, where the property is owned in common or as joint tenants and survivorship or unequal ownership rights may apply. In tenancy in severalty, when the owner dies, the property passes according to the owner's will or state law rather than to another co-owner.