A person who inherits property or rights jointly with one or more other people.
From co- (together) + inheritor (from Latin hereditare). First used in English legal documents in the 14th century to clarify relationships between multiple people receiving an estate.
If you and your siblings inherit your grandmother's house together, you're all coinheritors—but now you have to agree on whether to sell it or keep it, which is why many families fight about this!
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