The whole, in contradistinction to a moiety or part only. When land is conveyed to husband and wife, they do not take by moieties, but both are seised of the entirety. 2 Kent, Comm. 132 ; 4 Kent, Comm. 362. Parceners, on the other hand, have not an entirety of interest, but each is properly entitled to the whole of a distinct moiety. 2 Bl. Comm. 188.
The word is also used to designate that which the law considers as one whole, and not capable of being divided into parts. Thus, a judgment, it is held, is an entirety, and, if void as to one of the two defendants, cannot be valid as to the other. So, if a contract is an entirety, no part of the consideration is due until the whole has been performed.