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Meaning of PURPARTY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pur"par`ty\, n. [OF. pourpartie; pour for + partie a
part; cf. OF. purpart a respective part.] (Law)
A share, part, or portion of an estate allotted to a
coparcener. [Written also {purpart}, and {pourparty}.]
      I am forced to eat all the game of your purparties, as
      well as my own thirds.                   --Walpole.
 
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