coheir

American  

[koh-air] / koʊˈɛər /

noun

1. a joint heir.

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coheir British  

/ kəʊˈɛə /

noun

1. a person who inherits jointly with others

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Other Word Forms

• coheiress noun
• coheirship noun

Etymology

Origin of coheir

1350–1400; Middle English. See co-, heir

Example Sentences

Or that some of the estate goes outright to her mother, as coheir?

From Time Magazine Archive

He was the third son of Thomas Howard, second Duke of Norfolk, K.G., who died 21 May, 1524, by his first wife Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of Sir Frederick Tilney.

From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by Rogers, William Henry Hamilton

He married the daughter and coheir of Cecil, Lord Zouche, and added Castle Goring to part of the ancient possessions of the Bisshopp family, which she inherited at her father's death.

From The Huguenots in France by Smiles, Samuel

Sir Richard Stafford the eldest son, married Maud daughter and heir of Richard Lovell, Esq., by Elizabeth daughter and coheir of Sir Guy de Briene, knt.

From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by Rogers, William Henry Hamilton

The eldest daughter and coheir of John Newton of East Newton was married to William Thornton, which family thus became possessed of the estate of East Newton, and quartered the coat assigned by MR.

From Notes and Queries, Number 53, November 2, 1850 by Various