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parcener

[ pahr-suh-ner ]

noun

Law.
  1. a joint heir; coheir.


parcener

/ ˈɑːɪə /

noun

  1. a person who takes an equal share with another or others; coheir Also calledcoparcener
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of parcener1

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French: coheir, equivalent to parcen ( Old French 貹çDz < Vulgar Latin *partion-, for Latin 貹پپō- partition ) + -er -er 2
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of parcener1

C13: from Old French 貹çDzier, from 貹çDz distribution, from Latin 貹īپō a sharing, from 貹ī to divide
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As a compensation for the surrender of rights on the part of his fellow parcener, he ordered the wood and pasture called Northwood to be measured, as also the neighbouring wood called Churlwood.

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Associated words: caffeine, chiccory, biggin, pulp, parchment. coffee-chaser, n. chasse. coffee-house, n. café. coffin, n. casket. cog, n. cam, catch; trick, deception, fraud. cogent, a. convincing, conclusive, forcible, influential. coheir, n. parcener. coheirship, n. parcenary. coherent, n. consistent, logical. coil, n. convolution, intervolution; entanglement, toil, mesh, perplexity; querl. coil, v. convolve, intervolve. coin, n. quoin, corner, coigne, wedge, plug, key. coin, n. specie, cash; medallion.

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