A person who shares an estate or property equally with others, or to share an estate together.
From co- (together) + estate (from Old French estat, from Latin status meaning 'state' or 'standing'). In law, this term was created to describe people who jointly inherit or own property.
Inheritance lawyers use this term when siblings or co-heirs own land together—it's the legal way of saying 'we both own this place equally.'
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