Re: Clarke - two questions

On Mar 20, 5:17 pm, t...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Tim McDaniel) wrote:
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> louan...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >UK: semidetached house  US:  duplex (the entire building has one
> >    owner.)
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> My parents said that when we lived in Alexandria, Virginia, US, we
> lived in a "duplex".  There was one family in each half of the duplex.
> The duplex as a whole did not have one owner: each half of the duplex
> owned their own part (modulo mortgages).

Hmm. Maybe I should look up duplex law. Locally, when I've seen one
with a "for sale" sign it always seems to mean both halves.