Coparcenary
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Land is held in coparcenary when there is " unity of title, possession, and interest." It happens when land falls to two or more persons by descent ai intestato; as to two or more women, at common law, or men, in gavelkind tenure; and is subject to courtesy and dower. On alienation by one coparcener, it becomes tenancy in common; there is no right of survivorship, and on the death of one coparcener his heirs hold the same estate in coparcenary as before, v. Common, tenancy in. Joint tenancy.