coheritorn.
A joint inheritor; = coheir n.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > heir > coheir
comparcionerc1475
parcener1489
coparcener1503
copartner?1504
co-inheritor1526
coheir1532
fellow-heir1542
coheritor1548
comportioner1609
heir portioner1655
1548 R. Crowley Informacion & Peticion sig. Avv The father, whych hath by his worde begotten hym many brothers & coheritours in his kyngdom.
1645 E. Pagitt Heresiogr. (ed. 2) 45 The Gentiles should not with the Jewes bee made co-heriters..of the Promise.
1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. viii. 258 In Heaven, Co-heritors with us of endless joy.
1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 218 Coheritors of the soil with civilized man.
Derivatives
coˈheritage n. joint heritage.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > fact of inheriting > jointly
co-inheritance1598
copersigniory1654
coheritage1882
1882 F. W. H. Myers Renewal of Youth 65 The undispersed co-heritage of joy!
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