Definition of Parcener

1. n. A coheir, or one of two or more persons to whom an estate of inheritance descends jointly, and by whom it is held as one estate.

Definition of Parcener

1. Noun. (legal) A coheir, or one of two or more heirs to an estate that descends jointly, and by whom it is held as a single estate. ¹

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Definition of Parcener

1. a joint heir [n -S]

Medical Definition of Parcener

1. A coheir, or one of two or more persons to whom an estate of inheritance descends jointly, and by whom it is held as one estate. Origin: Of. Paronnier, parsonnier, fr. Parzon, parun, parcion, part, portion, fr. L. Partitio a division. See Partition, and cf. Partner. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parcener

parceled
parceled out
parceling
parcellate
parcellated
parcellates
parcellating
parcellation
parcellations
parcelled
parcelling
parcels
parcelwise
parcenaries
parcenary
parcener (current term)
parceners
parch
parched
parchedness
parcheesis
parches
parchesi
parchesis
parching
parchingly
parchisi
parchisis
parchment
parchment crackling

Literary usage of Parcener

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"... and wife have issue betweene them, and his wife dieth, and the husband keepes himselfe in as tenant by the curtesie, in this case the parcener which ..."

2. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1794)
"... partition enter eux, ß le part d'un parcener fait defeat per tul loyal entrie, ... if the part of the one parcener be defeated by fuch lawful! entrie, ..."

3. Britton by Francis Morgan Nichols (1865)
"KW. asses pur G. asez de M. 4. qe il /,. qe 1J. with any parcener. And if his plaint is in an action upon ..."

4. Vyavasthá-chandriká: A Digest of Hindu Law, as Current in Alll the Provinces by Shama Churun Sircar (1878)
"No member of a joint family, without the consent of his co-parcener, is competent to alienate the joint property even to the extent of his own share therein ..."

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