Also called tenancy by entirety, property owned jointly with the right of survivorship is wholly owned by all living owners. In other words, unlike joint tenants in common (JTIC), any given owner's ownership percentage does not posthumously become part his estate. Rather, the ownership portion is distributed among the surviving owners and does ... More @Wikipedia
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