Minorat
Pronunciation : Mi`no*rat", n. [G. Cf. Minor
Part of Speech : a.]
Definition : Defn: A custom or right, analogous to borough-English in England, formerly existing in various parts of Europe, and surviving in parts of Germany and Austria, by which certain entailed estates, as a homestead and adjacent land, descend to the youngest male heir.
(Law)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913