Coparcenary
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
ESTATES IN. Be of which two or more persons form one heir. l Washb. EL 1'. -lit. The title to such an estate is always by descent. The shares of the tenants need not be equal. The estate is rare in America, but sometimes exists; Manchester v. Dodd 3 Ind. 360; Pureed v. Wilson, 4 Gratt. (Va.) 16; Rector v. Waugh, IT Mo. 13, 57 Am. Dec. 251; Gilpin v. Hollingsworth, 3 Md. 190, 56 Am. Dec. 737.
See Watk. Conv. 115.