parcener

 [pahr-suh-ner]  

par·ce·ner

   [pahr-suh-ner]
noun Law.
a joint heir; coheir.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French: coheir, equivalent to parcen (Old French parçon < Vulgar Latin *partion-, for Latin partitiōn- partition) + -er -er2
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an instrument, issued by a magistrate, authorizing an officer to make an arrest, seize property, make a search, or carry a judgment into execution
that which is provided or enacted in a statute, as distinguished from the preamble
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parcener (ˈpɑːsɪnə)
 
—n
Also called: coparcener a person who takes an equal share with another or others; coheir
 
[C13: from Old French parçonier, from parçon distribution, from Latin partītiō a sharing, from partīre to divide]

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