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Parcener
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n. One of two or more persons sharing an inheritance; a joint heir. Also called parcener. |
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n. See coparcener. [Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from parcen, portion, division, from Vulgar Latin *partiō, partiōn-, from Latin partitiō, partitiōn-; see partition.] |
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Parcener
Par"ce*na*ry\, n. [See Parcener, partner.] (Law) The holding or occupation of an inheritable estate which descends from the ancestor to two or more persons; coheirship. Note: It differs in many respects from joint tenancy, which is created by deed or devise. In the United States there is no essential distinction between parcenary and tenancy in common. --Wharton. Kent.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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