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Webster 1913 Edition

Parcenary

Par′ce-na-ry

,
Noun.
[See
Parcener
,
partner
.]
(Law)
The holding or occupation of an inheritable estate which descends from the ancestor to two or more persons; coheirship.
☞ 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 1828 Edition

Parcenary

P`ARCENARY

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Noun.
Co-heirship; the holding or occupation of lands of inheritance by two or more persons. It differs from joint-tenancy, which is created by deed or devise; whereas parcenary, or co-parcenary, is created by the descent of lands from an ancestor.

Definition 2024

parcenary

parcenary

English

Noun

parcenary ‎(plural parcenaries)

  1. (law) The holding or occupation of an inheritable estate which descends from the ancestor to two or more persons; coheirship.

Etymology

See parcener, partner.

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