Raising portions
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
When a landed estate is settled on an eldest son, it is generally burdened with the payment of specific sums of money in favor of his brothers and sisters. A direction to this effect is calied a direction for "raising portions for younger children;" and, for this purpose, it is usual to demise or lease the estate to trustees for a term of years, upon trust to rnise the required portions by a sale or mortgage of the same. Mozley & Whitley.