noun
- plural of parcenary; joint heirs who inherit an estate together
Usage: legal; archaic
Examples
- The parcenaries divided the inherited property equally among themselves.
- Under medieval law, parcenaries shared ownership of their father’s lands.
- The court determined that all three sisters were parcenaries to the estate.
- Legal disputes often arose between parcenaries over property rights.
- The parcenaries agreed to sell the ancestral home and split the proceeds.