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PARCEL (Fr. parcelle, Ital. particella, See also:Lat. particela, diminutive of pars, See also:part) , a small part or See also:division of anything; particularly, in the See also:law of real See also:property and See also:conveyancing, a portion of a See also:manor or See also:estate, and so the name of that portion of a legal document, such as a See also:conveyance or See also:lease See also:relating to lands, which contains a description of the estate dealt with. The word is also used of a package of goods contained in a wrapping or See also:cover for transmission by See also:carriage, &c., or by See also:post; hence the f erm " parcel-post " for the See also:branch of the post-See also:office service which deals with the transmission of such packages. " Parcel " was formerly used in an adverbial or quasi-adverbial sense, meaning " partly," " to some extent," thus " parcel-See also:Protestant," " parcel-lawyer," &c. This use survives in " parcel-gilt," i.e. partly gilt, a See also:term applied to articles made of See also:silver with a gilt lining.

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