1. Scots law. One who owns a portion of a decedent’s estate.
heir portioner.
1. One of two or more female heirs who, in the absence of male heirs, inherit equal shares of an estate.
2. One of two or more usu. female heirs in the same degree who take equal shares per capita.
2. The proprietor of a small fee.
3. Hist. A minister who serves a benefice with others. • The person was called a portioner because he had only a portion of the tithes or allowance that a vicar commonly has out of a rectory or impropriation.
