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Law. The original acquirer of an estate whose descendants have succeeded to it; the first purchaser. Cf. perquisite, n. 1a. Obsolete.
Figurative uses developed from sense A. 2. The source of a line of descent; the progenitor of a family or race. In Law, the first purchaser of an…