A concurrently owned and undivided interest in an estate that transfers to a surviving joint tenant upon the death of the other.

• A. Tenancy
• B. Joint tenancy
• C. Tenancy by the entirety
• D. Tenancy in common

Answer: (B)

This is about joint tenancy with the right of survivorship. In joint tenancy, two or more people hold concurrent, undivided ownership with the four unities: time, title, interest, and possession. Each owner has an equal, undivided share, and when one owner dies, that deceased owner’s interest automatically passes to the surviving joint tenant(s) rather than to the deceased’s heirs. That survivorship feature is exactly what the description describes—an undivided, concurrent ownership that transfers to the surviving owner upon death.

If it were tenancy in common, there would be no survivorship—the deceased’s share would go to their heirs. Tenancy by the entirety is survivorship as well but applies specifically to married couples. A general tenancy is too vague to imply survivorship.