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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[OF.

aisné

ainsné

, F.

aîné

, fr. L.

ante natus

born before. Cf.

(Law)

Eldest; firstborn.

Blackstone.

Entailed; belonging to the eldest son.

[Obs.]

Bastard eigne

a bastard eldest son whose parents afterwards intermarry.

Adj.

Eldest; an epithet, used in law to denote the eldest son; as bastard eigne.

Unalienable; entailed; belonging to the eldest son. [Not used.]