1. a person who holds an estate jointly with others by inheritance
Usage: legal; archaic

Examples

• The three sisters were parceners of their father’s estate.
• As parceners, they each owned an undivided share of the property.
• The court determined that all parceners had equal rights to the inheritance.
• Medieval law recognized parceners as joint owners of inherited land.
• The parceners agreed to divide the estate among themselves.
• Each parcener could demand partition of the jointly held property.