Pär'çe-na-ry, n.

n. [Norm. Fr. parcenier, O. Fr. parçonère. See infra.] (Law.) The holding or occupation of an inheritable estate which descends from the ancestor to two or more persons; co-heirship. 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.