parcener
English
noun
Definitions
- (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.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French parçonier.
Origin
Old French
parçonier
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- coparcener English
- parcen English
- partītiō Latin
- partītiōnem Latin
- partener Middle English
- parçon Old French
- parçonier Old French