John and Ted Scott jointly inherited the ownership of the Manchester Guardian & Evening News Ltd.; after Ted's death John passed it on to the Scott Trust.

There is a further concept of jointly inheriting, pending renunciation by all but one, which is called coparceny.

In 1436, he and his cousin Henry and his remote cousin Henry IV of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, jointly inherited the Lordship of Werle.

As there was no primogeniture in Stolberg, his sons jointly inherited the county when Henry Ernest died in 1672.

When his father died in 1433, Ernest inherited jointly with his four brothers.

On the death of Francesco Barbaro, Marcantonio and his elder brother Daniele Barbaro jointly inherited a country estate at Maser.

In 1671 John Charles and his brother jointly inherited the county palatine of Birkenfeld.

She was co-heiress of the manor of Combe Martin, inherited jointly with her brother Francis Buller of Antony House in Cornwall from her father.

They had three daughters, Elizabeth, Isabella and Louisa, who jointly inherited Richhill on their father's death.

Upon his death, his sisters, Elizabeth, who was married to Robert of London, and Margaret, widow of Thomas of Ramsbury, jointly inherited the estate.