Apanage
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In old French law
A provision of lands or feudal superiorities assigned by the kings of France for the maintenance of their younger sons. An allowance assigned to a prince of the reigning house for his proper maintenance out of the public treasury.
1 Hallam, Mid. Ages, pp. ll, 88; Wharton.