PURPARTY Definition & Meaning

purparty

[ pur-pahr-tee ]

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Law.

a share of an estate held by coparceners that is apportioned to one upon the division of the estate among them.

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1275–1325; Middle English purpartie < Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent to pur, pour for ( pro ¹ ) + partie partition, share; party

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