Ancestral
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Ancestrel. [L. Fr. auncestrel.] Relating to ancestors, or to what has been done by them; as homage ancestrel, (q. v.) Derived from ancestors. Ancestral estates are such as are transmitted by descent, and not by purchase.
4 Kent's Com. 404. 2 Hilliard's Real Prop. 160, 197, 204.