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coheir

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Coheir

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Coinheritor

A coheir

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Parcener

A coheir or one of two or more persons to whom an estate of inheritance descends jointly and by whom

accretion

conjoint legatee of the right to accept a portion of a succession resulting from the failure of a coheir or colegatee to take his or her own share

Coheirship

The state of being a coheir

collation

they cannot claim legacies made to them unless made expressly by the decedent as an advantage over their coheirs to be received besides their portion of the succession. Donations made to a grandchild by a grandparent during

patrimony

patr- pater father] 1 : an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor [to deprive her and her coheirs of their "Wells Fargo Bank v. Kincaid, 260 Cal. App. 2d 120 (1968)"] 2 : an estate or

retrocession

the return to a decedent's heirs of property of the decedent that had been sold or assigned by coheirs NOTE: An heir's right to retrocession has been repealed. 2 : the act of ceding back something (as

Parage or Paragium

an equality of blood or dignity; but more especially of land, in the partition of an inheritance between coheirs; more properly, however, an equality of condition among nobles, or persons holding by a noble tenure. Thus, when

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