PER MY ET PER TOUT

per my et per tout (p<<schwa>>r mee ay p<<schwa>>r too[t]). [Law French] By the half and by the whole. • This phrase described the estate held by joint tenants: by the half for purposes of survivorship, by the whole for purposes of alienation. Cf. PER TOUT ET NON PER MY. [Cases: Joint Tenancy  1.C.J.S. Estates § 19; Joint Tenancy§§ 2, 4, 7–9.]

[Blacks Law 8th]