The Collaborative International Dictionary
Parcenary \Par"ce*na*ry\, n. [See Parcener, partner.] (Law) The holding or occupation of an inheritable estate which descends from the ancestor to two or more persons; coheirship.
Note: It differs in many respects from joint tenancy, which
is created by deed or devise. In the United States
there is no essential distinction between parcenary and
tenancy in common.
--Wharton. Kent.
Wiktionary
n. (context legal English) The holding or occupation of an inheritable estate which descends from the ancestor to two or more persons; coheirship.
Usage examples of "parcenary".
And with respect to the first, I proposed to abolish the law of primogeniture, and to make real estate descendible in parcenary to the next of kin, as personal property is by the statute of distribution.