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majorat


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Majorat  \Ma`jo`rat"\,  n.  [F.  majorat,  LL  majoratus  See 
  {Major},  a.,  and  cf  {Majorate}.] 
  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