\Sev"er*al*ty\, n.
A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a
holding by individual right.

      Forests which had never been owned in severalty.
                                               --Bancroft.

{Estate in severalty} (Law), an estate which the tenant holds
   in his own right, without being joined in interest with
   any other person; -- distinguished from joint tenancy,
   coparcenary, and common. --Blackstone.