coparcener

[ koh-pahr-suh-ner ]

/ koʊˈpɑr sə nər /

noun

a member of a coparcenary.

Nearby words

copaiba, copaiba oil, copal, copalm, coparcenary, coparcener, copartner, copartnership, copasetic, copay, copayment

Origin of coparcener

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

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Examples from the Web for coparcener

A childless widow is a coparcener with the brothers of the deceased, and forfeits this right if she remarries.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston
In the other, I was a coparcener, and only received on a division the equal portion allotted me.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson

British Dictionary definitions for coparcener

coparcener

/ (kəʊˈpɑːsɪnə) /

noun

law a person who inherits an estate as coheir with othersAlso called: parcener

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