minorat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A custom or right, analogous to borough English in England, formerly existing in various parts of Europe, by which certain entailed estates, such as a homestead and adjacent land, descended to the youngest male heir.

Word forms

minorat

Etymology

From German Minorat.

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