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Webster 1913 Edition

Majorat

‖

Maˊjoˊrat′

,

Noun.

[F.

majorat

, LL.

majoratus

. See

,

Adj.

, and cf.

.]

1.

The right of succession to property according to age; – so termed in some of the countries of continental Europe.

2.

(French Law)

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