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Majorat

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(1):

(a.) Property, landed or funded, so attached to a title of honor as to descend with it.

(2):

(a.) The right of succession to property according to age; - so termed in some of the countries of continental Europe.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Majorat'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/majorat.html. 1828.
 
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