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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COPARCENER

n.[con and parcener, L., to divide. ] A coheir; one who has an equal portion of the inheritance of his or her ancestor with others. All the coparceners together make but one heir, and have but one estate among them.
Coparceners take by descent; joint-tenants, by purchase.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COPARCENER

Co *par "ce *ner, n. Etym: [Pref. co- + parcener. ] (Law )

 

Defn: One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance. All the coparceners together make but one heir, and have but one estate among them. blackstone.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

coparcener

coparcener |kəʊˈpɑːs (ə )nə | ▶noun English Law a person who shares equally with others in the inheritance of an undivided estate or in the rights to it (in the UK now as equitable interests ). ORIGIN late Middle English: from co- ‘together ’ + parcener, legal term in the same (see partner ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

coparcener

coparcener |kəʊˈpɑːs (ə )nə | ▶noun English Law a person who shares equally with others in the inheritance of an undivided estate or in the rights to it (in the UK now as equitable interests ). ORIGIN late Middle English: from co- ‘together ’ + parcener, legal term in the same (see partner ).

 

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