'Pourparty' definitions:
Definition of 'Pourparty'
From: GCIDE
- Pourparty \Pour`par"ty\, n.; pl. Pourparties. [See Purparty.] (Law) A division; a divided share. [1913 Webster]
- To make pourparty, to divide and apportion lands previously held in common. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'pourparty'
From: GCIDE
- Purparty \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.] [1913 Webster]
- I am forced to eat all the game of your purparties, as well as my own thirds. --Walpole. [1913 Webster]