coparcenaryn.
/kəʊˈpɑːs(ᵻ)n(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌkoʊˈpɑrs(ə)nˌɛri/ Law.
1. Joint share in an inheritance; joint heirship.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > heir > coheir > position of
parcenaryc1436
coparcenary1503
coparceny1556
coheirship1608
copartnershipa1676
fellow-heirship1840
1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 33 §1 All the odre forsaid Castelles..to holde in coparcenere as coparceners.
1512 Act 4 Hen. VIII c. 13 Preamble [They] wer seased in ther demean as of Fee in Cooparcenery.
a1635 W. Pole Coll. Descr. Devon iii. (1791) 166 These lands..descended in coparcinory unto.. his twoe eldest daughters.
a1640 T. Risdon Chorogr. Surv. Devon (1811) (modernized text) §75 76 Cadleigh..at the conquest, was held by Thanes in Copercinary.
1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. 187 An estate held in coparcenary is where lands of inheritance descend from the ancestor to two or more persons.
1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. 1st Ser. vii. 188 The notion of a great Frankish realm held in a sort of co-parcenary long survived.
1875 K. E. Digby Introd. Hist. Law Real Prop. v. 202 An estate in coparcenary arises by devolution ab intestato to daughters, sisters, etc., or sons in gavelkind tenure.
2. Co-partnership; joint ownership. Also figurative.
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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [noun] > partnership
marrowship1407
league1509
coparceny1556
consortment1557
copartnership1574
partnership1576
coparcenary1593
yoke-fellowship1603
consortship1628
compartnership1634
copartnery1777
consortium1829
partnering1897
society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > possession of a joint share
coparceny1556
copartnership1574
coparcenary1593
compartnership1634
copartnery1777
1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church 111 Pastours then which feede the flocke, have coparcinerie with the Apostles.
a1617 S. Hieron Doctrines Triall in Wks. (1620) II. 10 God will haue all reserued to Himselfe, and will admit no coparcinory.
1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. vii. 132 This Idol was held in Coparcenary betwixt them, and the Ammonites.
1865 Spectator 14 Jan. 37 A thousand workmen..associating themselves in a legal coparcenery.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
coparcenaryadj.
Law.
Of or pertaining to coparceners.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [adjective] > relating to inheritance > relating to joint heirship
coparcenary1839
1839 J. Rogers Antipopopriestian xvi. iii. 332 They rule and govern in a kind of coparcenary way.
1858 J. B. Norton Topics for Indian Statesmen 190 Members of coparcenary communities.
1880 J. B. Phear Aryan Village iii. 87 All the adult..members..have their own joint coparcenery interest in the property.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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