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Term Definition Joint Property - property that is held in the name of more than one person.
Application in Divorce Many, if not most, couples own the marital home as joint property.

In both community and equitable distribution states, joint property part of the marital jurisdiction, property may be marital regardless of whose name is on it.

Liquid accounts become joint property when a spouse’s name is added.

See Commingling.