Definition of coparcenary in English:
coparcenary
nounPlural coparcenaries kəʊˈpɑːs(ə)n(ə)ri
mass nounEnglish Law Joint heirship; the status of a coparcener.
Example sentencesExamples
- Where there is no coparcenary at all, a law giving admission into a coparcenary can have no effect.
- She becomes a member of the coparcenary by birth in the same manner as that of a son.
- She, not being a member of the coparcenary, will not get a share at the time of the notional partition.
- While the father's property is shared equally between brother and sister; the brother, in addition, is entitled to a share in the coparcenary from which the sister is excluded.
- It is impossible to graft reforms on a system of coparcenary, which had a certain internal logical consistency.
Origin
Early 16th century: from co- 'together' + parcenary, legal term in the same sense, from Anglo-Norman French parcenarie, from parcener 'coparcener' (see coparcener).