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7. (Mach.) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, or the like, as the elastic pipe of a tender connecting it with the feed pipe of a locomotive engine; especially, a pipe fitting for connecting pipes, or pipes and fittings, in such a way as to facilitate disconnection.
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8. (Brewing) A cask suspended on trunnions, in which fermentation is carried on.
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Coloq. Hypostatic union (Theol.) See under . -- Coloq. Latin union . See under . -- Coloq. Legislative Union (Eng. Hist.), the union of Great Britain and Ireland, which took place Jan. 1, 1801. -- Coloq. Union , or Coloq. Act of Union (Eng. Hist.), the act by which Scotland was united to England, or by which the two kingdoms were incorporated into one, in 1707. -- Coloq. Union by the first intention , or Coloq. Union by the second intention . (Surg.) See To heal by the first intention, or To heal by the second intention, under . -- Coloq. Union down (Naut.), a signal of distress at sea made by reversing the flag, or turning its union downward. -- Coloq. Union jack . (Naut.) See , n., 10. -- Coloq. Union joint . (Mech.) (a) A joint formed by means of a union. (b) A piece of pipe made in the form of the letter T.
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Syn. -- Unity; junction; connection; concord; alliance; coalition; combination; confederacy. -- , . Union is the act of bringing two or more things together so as to make but one, or the state of being united into one. Unity is a state of simple oneness, either of essence, as the unity of God, or of action, feeling, etc., as unity of design, of affection, etc. Thus, we may speak of effecting a union of interests which shall result in a unity of labor and interest in securing a given object.
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One kingdom, joy, and union without end. Milton.
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[Man] is to . . . beget
Like of his like, his image multiplied.
In unity defective; which requires
Collateral love, and dearest amity. Milton.
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Unionism (?), n. 1. The sentiment of attachment to a federal union, especially to the federal union of the United States.
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2. The principles, or the system, of combination among workmen engaged in the same occupation or trade.
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Unionist, n. 1. One who advocates or promotes union; especially a loyal supporter of a federal union, as that of the United States.
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2. A member or supporter of a trades union.
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Unionistic (?), a. Of or pertaining to union or unionists; tending to promote or preserve union.
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Uniovulate (?), a. [Uni- + ovulate.] (Bot.) Containing but one ovule.
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Unipara (?), n. [NL. See .] A woman who has borne one child.
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Uniparous (?), a. [Uni- + L. parere to bring forth.] 1. (Zoöl.) Producing but one egg or young at a time.
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2. (Bot.) Producing but one axis of inflorescence; -- said of the scorpioid cyme.
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Uniped (?), a. [Uni- + L. pes, pedis, foot.] Having only one foot. Wright.
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Unipersonal (?), a. [Uni- + personal.]
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1. Existing as one, and only one, person; as, a unipersonal God.
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2. (Gram.) Used in only one person, especially only in the third person, as some verbs; impersonal.
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Unipersonalist, n. (Theol.) One who believes that the Deity is unipersonal.
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Uniphonous (?), a. [Uni- + Gr. � sound.] Having but one sound, as the drum. [R.]
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Uniplicate (?), a. [Uni- + plicate.] Having, or consisting of, but one fold.
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Unipolar (?), a. [Uni- + polar.] 1. (Physics) Having, or acting by means of, one pole only.
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2. (Anat.) Having but one pole or process; -- applied to those ganglionic nerve cells which have but one radiating process; -- opposed to multipolar.
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Coloq. Unipolar induction (Elec.), induction, as in a conducting circuit, by only one pole of a magnet. -- Coloq. Unipolar stimulation (Physiol.), the simulation sometimes produced when one electrode of an induction apparatus is applied to a nerve; -- called also unipolar induction action. Du Bois-Reymond.
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Unique (?), a. [F. unique; cf. It. unico; from L. unicus, from unus one. See .] Being without a like or equal; unmatched; unequaled; unparalleled; single in kind or excellence; sole. -- Uniquely, adv. -- Uniqueness, n.
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Unique, n. A thing without a like; something unequaled or unparalleled. [R.]
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The phenix, the unique pf birds. De Quincey.
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Uniquity (?), n. The quality or state of being unique; uniqueness. [R.] Walpole.
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Uniradiated (?), a. [Uni- + radiated.] Having but one ray.
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Uniramous (?), a. [Uni- + L. ramus branch.] (Biol.) Having but one branch.
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Uniseptate (?), a. [Uni- + septate.] (Bot.) Having but one septum, or partition; -- said of two-celled fruits, such as the silicles of cruciferous plants.
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Uniserial (?), a. [Uni- + serial.] Having only one row or series.
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Uniseriate (?), a. [Uni- + seriate.] Having one line or series; uniserial. -- Uniseriately, adv.
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Unisexual (?), a. [Uni- + sexual: cf. F. unisexuel.] (Biol.) Having one sex only, as plants which have the male and female flowers on separate individuals, or animals in which the sexes are in separate individuals; diœcious; -- distinguished from bisexual, or hermaphrodite. See .
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Unisilicate (?), n. [Uni- + silicate.] (Min.) A salt of orthosilicic acid, H4SiO4; -- so called because the ratio of the oxygen atoms united to the basic metals and silicon respectively is 1:1; for example, Mg2SiO4 or 2MgO.SiO2.
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Unison (?; 277), n. [LL. unisonus having the same sound; L. unus one + sonus a sound: cf. F. unisson, It. unisono. See , and a noise.] 1. Harmony; agreement; concord; union.
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2. (Mus.) Identity in pitch; coincidence of sounds proceeding from an equality in the number of vibrations made in a given time by two or more sonorous bodies. Parts played or sung in octaves are also said to be in unison, or in octaves.
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☞ If two cords of the same substance have equal length, thickness, and tension, they are said to be in unison, and their sounds will be in unison. Sounds of very different qualities and force may be in unison, as the sound of a bell may be in unison with a sound of a flute. Unison, then, consists in identity of pitch alone, irrespective of quality of sound, or timbre, whether of instruments or of human voices. A piece or passage is said to be sung or played in unison when all the voices or instruments perform the same part, in which sense unison is contradistinguished from harmony.
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3. A single, unvaried. [R.] Pope.
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Coloq. In unison , in agreement; agreeing in tone; in concord.
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Unison (?; 277), a. [Cf. It. unisono. See , n.] 1. Sounding alone. [Obs.]
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[sounds] intermixed with voice,
Choral or unison. Milton.
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2. (Mus.) Sounded alike in pitch; unisonant; unisonous; as, unison passages, in which two or more parts unite in coincident sound.
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Unisonal (?), a. Being in unison; unisonant. -- Unisonally, adv.
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Unisonance (?), n. [See .] Accordance of sounds; unison.
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Unisonant (?), a. [Uni- + sonant. See .] Being in unison; having the same degree of gravity or acuteness; sounded alike in pitch.
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Unisonous (?), a. [See .] Being in unison; unisonant. Busby.
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Unit (?), n. [Abbrev. from unity.] 1. A single thing or person.
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2. (Arith.) The least whole number; one.
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Units are the integral parts of any large number. I. Watts.
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3. A gold coin of the reign of James I., of the value of twenty shillings. Camden.
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4. Any determinate amount or quantity (as of length, time, heat, value) adopted as a standard of measurement for other amounts or quantities of the same kind.
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5. (Math.) A single thing, as a magnitude or number, regarded as an undivided whole.
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Coloq. Abstract unit , the unit of numeration; one taken in the abstract; the number represented by 1. The term is used in distinction from concrete, or determinate, unit, that is, a unit in which the kind of thing is expressed; a unit of measure or value; as 1 foot, 1 dollar, 1 pound, and the like. -- Coloq. Complex unit (Theory of Numbers), an imaginary number of the form a + b-1, when a2 + b2 = 1. -- Coloq. Duodecimal unit , a unit in the scale of numbers increasing or decreasing by twelves. -- Coloq. Fractional unit , the unit of a fraction; the reciprocal of the denominator; thus, 1/4 is the unit of the fraction 3/4. -- Coloq. Integral unit , the unit of integral numbers, or 1. -- Coloq. Physical unit , a value or magnitude conventionally adopted as a unit or standard in physical measurements. The various physical units are usually based on given units of length, mass, and time, and on the density or other properties of some substance, for example, water. See , , , , , etc. -- Coloq. Unit deme (Biol.), a unit of the inferior order or orders of individuality. -- Coloq. Unit jar (Elec.), a small, insulated Leyden jar, placed between the electrical machine and a larger jar or battery, so as to announce, by its repeated discharges, the amount of electricity passed into the larger jar. -- Coloq. Unit of heat (Physics), a determinate quantity of heat adopted as a unit of measure; a thermal unit (see under ). Water is the substance generally employed, the unit being one gram or one pound, and the temperature interval one degree of the Centigrade or Fahrenheit scale. When referred to the gram, it is called the gram degree. The British unit of heat, or thermal unit, used by engineers in England and in the United States, is the quantity of heat necessary to raise one pound of pure water at and near its temperature of greatest density (39.1° Fahr.) through one degree of the Fahrenheit scale. Rankine. -- Coloq. Unit of illumination , the light of a sperm candle burning 120 grains per hour. Standard gas, burning at the rate of five cubic feet per hour, must have an illuminating power equal to that of fourteen such candles. -- Coloq. Unit of measure (as of length, surface, volume, dry measure, liquid measure, money, weight, time, and the like), in general, a determinate quantity or magnitude of the kind designated, taken as a standard of comparison for others of the same kind, in assigning to them numerical values, as 1 foot, 1 yard, 1 mile, 1 square foot, 1 square yard, 1 cubic foot, 1 peck, 1 bushel, 1 gallon, 1 cent, 1 ounce, 1 pound, 1 hour, and the like; more specifically, the fundamental unit adopted in any system of weights, measures, or money, by which its several denominations are regulated, and which is itself defined by comparison with some known magnitude, either natural or empirical, as, in the United States, the dollar for money, the pound avoirdupois for weight, the yard for length, the gallon of 8.3389 pounds avoirdupois of water at 39.8° Fahr. (about 231 cubic inches) for liquid measure, etc.; in Great Britain, the pound sterling, the pound troy, the yard, or 1/108719 part of the length of a second's pendulum at London, the gallon of 277.274 cubic inches, etc.; in the metric system, the meter, the liter, the gram, etc. -- Coloq. Unit of power . (Mach.) See . -- Coloq. Unit of resistance . (Elec.) See , n., 4, and . -- Coloq. Unit of work (Physics), the amount of work done by a unit force acting through a unit distance, or the amount required to lift a unit weight through a unit distance against gravitation. See , , . -- Coloq. Unit stress (Mech. Physics), stress per unit of area; intensity of stress. It is expressed in ounces, pounds, tons, etc., per square inch, square foot, or square yard, etc., or in atmospheres, or inches of mercury or water, or the like.
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Unitable (?), a. Capable of union by growth or otherwise. Owen.
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Unitarian (?), n. [Cf. F. unitaire, unitairien, NL. unitarius. See .] 1. (Theol.) One who denies the doctrine of the Trinity, believing that God exists only in one person; a unipersonalist; also, one of a denomination of Christians holding this belief.
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2. One who rejects the principle of dualism.
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3. A monotheist. [R.] Fleming.
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Unitarian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Unitarians, or their doctrines.
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Unitarianism (?), n. [Cf. F. unitairianisme.] The doctrines of Unitarians.
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Unitarianize (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Unitarianized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Unitarianizing (?).] To change or turn to Unitarian views.
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Unitary (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a unit or units; relating to unity; as, the unitary method in arithmetic.
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2. Of the nature of a unit; not divided; united.
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Coloq. Unitary theory (Chem.), the modern theory that the molecules of all complete compounds are units, whose parts are bound together in definite structure, with mutual and reciprocal influence on each other, and are not mere aggregations of more or less complex groups; -- distinguished from the dualistic theory.
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Unite (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. United; p. pr. & vb. n. Uniting.] [L. unitus, p. p. of unire to unite, from unus one. See .] 1. To put together so as to make one; to join, as two or more constituents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere; as, to unite bricks by mortar; to unite iron bars by welding; to unite two armies.
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2. Hence, to join by a legal or moral bond, as families by marriage, nations by treaty, men by opinions; to join in interest, affection, fellowship, or the like; to cause to agree; to harmonize; to associate; to attach.
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Under his great vicegerent reign abide,
United as one individual soul. Milton.
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The king proposed nothing more than to unite his kingdom in one form of worship. Clarendon.
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Syn. -- To add; join; annex; attach. See .
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Unite, v. i. 1. To become one; to be cemented or consolidated; to combine, as by adhesion or mixture; to coalesce; to grow together.
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2. To join in an act; to concur; to act in concert; as, all parties united in signing the petition.
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Unite, a. [L. unitus, p. p. See , v. t.] United; joint; as, unite consent. [Obs.] J. Webster.
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United, a. Combined; joined; made one.
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Coloq. United Brethren . (Eccl.) See , n. -- Coloq. United flowers (Bot.), flowers which have the stamens and pistils in the same flower. -- Coloq. The United Kingdom , Great Britain and Ireland; -- so named since January 1, 1801, when the Legislative Union went into operation. -- Coloq. United Greeks (Eccl.), those members of the Greek Church who acknowledge the supremacy of the pope; -- called also uniats.
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Unitedly, adv. In an united manner. Dryden.
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Uniter (?), n. One who, or that which, unites.
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Uniterable (?), a. Not iterable; incapable of being repeated. [Obs.] “To play away an uniterable life.” Sir T. Browne.
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Unition (?), n. [LL. unitio, from L. unire. See ,v. t.] The act of uniting, or the state of being united; junction. [Obs.] Wiseman.
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Unitive (?), a. [LL. unitivus: cf. F. unitif.] Having the power of uniting; causing, or tending to produce, union. Jer. Taylor.
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Unitively, adv. In a unitive manner. Cudworth.
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Unitize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Unitized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Unitizing (?).] To reduce to a unit, or one whole; to form into a unit; to unify.
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Unitude (?), n. Unity. [R.] H. Spenser.
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Unity (?), n.; pl. Unities (#). [OE. unite, F. unité, L. unitas, from unus one. See , and cf. .] 1. The state of being one; oneness.
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Whatever we can consider as one thing suggests to the understanding the idea of unity. Locks.
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☞ Unity is affirmed of a simple substance or indivisible monad, or of several particles or parts so intimately and closely united as to constitute a separate body or thing. See the Synonyms under .
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2. Concord; harmony; conjunction; agreement; uniformity; as, a unity of proofs; unity of doctrine.
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Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! Ps. cxxxiii. 1.
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3. (Math.) Any definite quantity, or aggregate of quantities or magnitudes taken as one, or for which 1 is made to stand in calculation; thus, in a table of natural sines, the radius of the circle is regarded as unity.
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☞ The number 1, when it is not applied to any particular thing, is generally called unity.
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4. (Poetry & Rhet.) In dramatic composition, one of the principles by which a uniform tenor of story and propriety of representation are preserved; conformity in a composition to these; in oratory, discourse, etc., the due subordination and reference of every part to the development of the leading idea or the eastablishment of the main proposition.
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☞ In the Greek drama, the three unities required were those of action, of time, and of place; that is, that there should be but one main plot; that the time supposed should not exceed twenty-four hours; and that the place of the action before the spectators should be one and the same throughout the piece.
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5. (Fine Arts & Mus.) Such a combination of parts as to constitute a whole, or a kind of symmetry of style and character.
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6. (Law) The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy.
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☞ The properties of it are derived from its unity, which is fourfold; unity of interest, unity of title, unity of time, and unity of possession; in other words, joint tenants have one and the same interest, accruing by one and the same conveyance, commencing at the same time, and held by one and the same undivided possession. Unity of possession is also a joint possession of two rights in the same thing by several titles, as when a man, having a lease of land, afterward buys the fee simple, or, having an easement in the land of another, buys the servient estate.
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