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Definition of Patrimonial
1. Adjective. Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent. "Transmissible tradition"
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Similar to: Heritable, Inheritable
Derivative terms: Ancestor, Patrimony
Definition of Patrimonial
1. a. Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors; as, a patrimonial estate.
Definition of Patrimonial
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to patrimony ¹
2. Adjective. Legally inherited from one or more ancestors ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Patrimonial
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patrimonial
Literary usage of Patrimonial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Institutes of Natural Law: Being the Substance of a Course of Lectures on by Thomas Rutherforth (1832)
"Our author's first rule about the succession to patrimonial king- patrimonial
... The point, that we are to consider now, is, whether a patrimonial kingdom ..."
2. A Treatise of Universal Jurisprudence by John Penford Thomas (1829)
"The division of the state into fractional parts is by no means a necessary
consequence, as Grotius contends, of the appointment of patrimonial monarchy. ..."
3. The Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn, Robert Phillimore (1842)
"such reparation ought to be made out of his patrimonial goods, ... in such case
he is bound to make satisfaction out of his patrimonial goods (n). ..."
4. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1848)
"They are commonly considered as her During the minority of Frederick II., innocent
from 1198 to 1216, the papal chair allodial or patrimonial property ; yet ..."
5. Elements of International Law and Laws of War by Henry Wager Halleck (1874)
"patrimonial kingdoms. Formerly what Grotius calls patrimonial kingdoms were
considered in the light of absolute property of particular families, ..."
6. The Law of Nations: Or, Principles of the Law of Nature, Applied to the by Emer de Vattel, Joseph Chitty (1883)
"patrimonial. Finally, there are states whose sovereign may choose his ? ««• Of *
I take this historical passage from M. Du Port de ..."
7. A Handbook of Husband and Wife According to the Law of Scotland by Frederick Parker Walton (1893)
"It is clear that the lex fori must decide any question that may arise with regard
to rights personal, as distinguished from patrimonial. ..."
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