Concurrency
/kənˈkɜːrənsi/
Definitions
- (n.) The simultaneous occurrence of two or more legal actions, interests, or rights that may affect each other.
The court addressed the concurrency of claims arising from the same contract.
- (n.) The requirement that certain offenses be committed at the same time to constitute a single crime, particularly in criminal law.
For the crime to be complete, actus reus and mens rea must show concurrency.
- (n.) In property law, the joint or simultaneous ownership or possession of a property interest by two or more parties.
The concurrency of tenancy created equal rights for all co-owners.
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Commentary
In legal drafting, distinguishing concurrency in procedural versus substantive contexts helps avoid confusion, particularly between jurisdictional concurrency and concurrency in criminal elements.
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