Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Parcenary

Parcenary , noun

[See Parcener, partner.]

(Law) The holding or occupation of an inheritable estate which descends from the ancestor to two or more persons; coheirship.

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.