'Joint tenancy' is one of two ways of owning a property jointly.  The other way is 'tenancy in common'.  The expressions are a little confusing because they have nothing to do with rented property.

A couple who own their property as joint tenants own the property jointly on the basis that if one of them dies the other automatically becomes the sole owner of the property.  The share that had belonged to the deceased accrues to the survivor.  This is known as the 'right of survivorship'.

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