Definition : Undivided co-ownership (by indivision)

Legal structure of ownership which allows many owners to own jointly one same immovable.This type of co-ownership is created automatically, without any formality, when at least two people own an immovable without it being physically divided between them into separate lots.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ! The indivision agreement is optional and does not create the undivided co-ownership

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