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‖ majorat Continental Law.|maʒɔra|
[Fr., ad. med.L. mājōrātus (u-stem), f. L. mājōr-em major a. in the sense ‘elder’: see -ate1.]
The right of primogeniture; also, an estate attached to the right of primogeniture.
1841W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. III. 83 That restoration of hereditary aristocracy which was effected in France, took place in Italy likewise, by a decree of 1808, bestowing on the sovereign the power of conferring titles, and allowing the nobles so created to institute majorats, or devises of lands in favour of their eldest sons, or others whom they might select to transmit their honours. 1853Whewell Grotius I. 379 The same rule holds with regard to the majorats in that kingdom [Castile]. 1879Baring-Gould Germany I. 54 In Bavaria, the noble families are allowed by law to found fresh majorats, i.e. fresh families with entailed estates. |