Majorat is a French term for an arrangement giving the right of succession to a specific parcel of property associated with a title of nobility to a single heir, based on male primogeniture. A majorat (fideicommis) would be inherited by the oldest son, or if there was no son, the nearest relative. This law existed in some European countries and wa...
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• (a.) The right of succession to property according to age; -- so termed in some of the countries of continental Europe. • (a.) Property, landed or funded, so attached to a title of honor as to descend with it.
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Ma`jo`rat' noun [ French
majorat , Late Latin
majoratus . See
Major ,
adjective , and confer
Majorate .]
1. The right of succession to property according to age; -- so termed in some of the countries of continental Europe.
2. ...
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