purparty

[ pur-pahr-tee ]

noun

, Law.

1. a share of an estate held by coparceners that is apportioned to one upon the division of the estate among them.

Word History and Origins

Origin of purparty¹

1275–1325; Middle English purpartie < Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent to pur, pour for ( pro ¹ ) + partie partition, share; party