purparty

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noun

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

OriginOld French porpartie →
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Meanings

nounpurparty (plural purparties)

plural purparties · alternative pourparty · alternative purpart

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

    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.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchpurpart“a respective part”
  2. Old Frenchporpartie
  3. Englishpurparty

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

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APA

purparty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purparty

MLA

“purparty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purparty. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “purparty,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purparty.

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