PARCEL-MELE
Par"cel-mele`, adv. Etym: [See Parcel, and Meal a part.]
Defn: By parcels or parts. [Obs.] Chaucer.
PARCEL POST
Par"cel post.
Defn: That branch of the post office having to do with the collection, transmission, and delivery of parcels. The British Inland Parcel Post was established in 1883. The present rates, dating from 1897, are 3d. for parcels not exceeding one pound and 1d. for each additional pound up to the limit of 10 pounds. A general parcel post was established in the United States by Act of August 24, 1912, which took effect Jan. 1, 1913. Parcels must not exceed 11 pounds in weight nor 72 inches in length and girth combined. Provision is made from insuring parcels up to $50.00, and also for sending parcels C.O.D. The rates of postage vary with the distance. See Zone, below.
PARCENARY
Par"ce*na*ry, n. Etym: [See Parcener, partner.] (Law)
Defn: The holding or occupation of an inheritable estate which descends from the ancestor to two or more persons; coheirship.
Note: It differs in many respects from joint tenancy, which is created by deed or devise. In the United States there is no essential distinction between parcenary and tenancy in common. Wharton. Kent.
PARCENER Par"ce*ner, n. Etym: [Of. paronnier, parsonnier, fr. parzon, par, parcion, part, portion, fr. L. partitio a division. See Partition, and cf. Partner.] (Law)
Defn: A coheir, or one of two or more persons to whom an estate of inheritance descends jointly, and by whom it is held as one estate.
PARCH
Parch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parched; p. pr. & vb. n. Parching.] Etym:
[OE. perchen to pierce, hence used of a piercing heat or cold, OF.
perchier, another form of percier, F. percer. See Pierce.]