What is the legal test for severing a joint tenancy?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Ford, 2010 BCCA 105 (CanLII):
The most important feature of the joint tenancy is the right of survivorship on the death of one of the joint tenants. There are a number of ways a joint tenancy can be severed. At common law, a joint tenancy can be severed by the destruction of one or more of the unities. It can be severed by one party assigning or conveying his or her interest, which destroys the unity of title. See Stonehouse v. The Attorney General of British Columbia, 1961 CanLII 48 (SCC), [1962] S.C.R. 103, 31 D.L.R. (2d) 118.
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