1. a person who shares equally in an inheritance with others
Usage: legal

Examples

• As coparceners, the three sisters each inherited an equal share of their father’s estate.
• The property was divided among all coparceners according to the law.
• Each coparcener had the right to demand partition of the inherited land.
• The court recognized all five children as coparceners in the family inheritance.
• Under the old law, only male coparceners could inherit certain types of property.
• The coparceners agreed to sell the inherited house and split the proceeds equally.