Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In law, an allotment; the share or portion of an estate allotted to a coparcener by partition.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Law) A share, part, or portion of an estate allotted to a coparcener.

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  • noun law A share, part, or portion of an estate allotted to a coparcener.

Etymologies

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From Old French porpartie, from por ("for") and partie ("a part"). Compare Old French purpart ("a respective part").

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