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Definition of Esnecy
1. n. A prerogative given to the eldest coparcener to choose first after an inheritance is divided.
Definition of Esnecy
1. Noun. (UK legal obsolete) A prerogative given to the eldest coparcener to choose first after an inheritance is divided. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Esnecy
1. the primary inheritance of the eldest daughter [n ESNECIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Esnecy
Literary usage of Esnecy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1855)
"... signifies “the inheritance of the first-born.” So says Boyer. In Bailey's
English Dictionary, ed. 1721, I find that the word is thus defined: “esnecy ..."
2. A Law Dictionary: Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States by John Bouvier (1843)
"81 ; 6 Wend. R. 666; 2 Wash. R. 58 ; 8 Mass. R. 238; 4 Watts, R. 180. esnecy.
Eldership. In the English law, this word signifies the right which the eldest ..."
3. The Publications of the Selden Society by Selden Society (1890)
"... with esnecy, whose next heir he is. Philip comes and defends the right of Hugh
and proffers a certain charter of Hugh the Arch- ..."
4. Select Civil Pleas by England Curia Regis, William Paley Baildon (1890)
"... of finding half a ship for the King's service, and that it could be partitioned,
and the eldest sister claimed the whole of it by right of esnecy. ..."
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