coparcener

American

[koh-pahr-suh-ner] / koʊˈpɑr sə nər /

noun

a member of a coparcenary.

coparcener British

/ kəʊˈpɑːsɪnə /

noun

Also called: parcener. law a person who inherits an estate as coheir with others

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Etymology

Origin of coparcener

1400–50; late Middle English. See co-, parcener

Example Sentences

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In the other, I was a coparcener, and only received on a division the equal portion allotted me.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

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