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purparty

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A share, part, or portion of an estate allotted to a coparcener.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

Examples

  • 1793 October 6, Horace Walpole, letter to “the Miss Berrys” (sisters Mary and Agnes Berry), I am forced to eat all the game of your purparties, as well as my own thirds.

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History

Etymology

From Old French porpartie, from por (“for”) and partie (“a part”). Compare Old French purpart (“a respective part”).