Condominium in United Kingdom

Definition of Condominium

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Condominium :

1. Joint sovereignty over a territory by two or more states (the word is also used for the territory subject to joint sovereignty). For example, the New Hebrides Islands in the South Pacific were a Franco-British condominium until 1980. Sovereignty is joint, but each jointly governing power has separate jurisdiction over its own subjects.

Compare co-imperium.

2. Individual ownership of part of a building (e.g. a flat in a block of flats) combined with common ownership of the parts of the building used in commo