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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In English law, the right of the eldest coparcener, when an estate descends to daughters jointly for want of a male heir, to make the first choice in the division of the inheritance. Also spelled
æsnecy .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eng. Law) A prerogative given to the eldest coparcener to choose first after an inheritance is divided.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, law, obsolete A
prerogative given to theeldest coparcener to choose first after aninheritance isdivided .
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See eigne.
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