Eignesse
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Fr. [from eigne, elder; L..Lat. einecia, aisnetia.j In old English law. Eldership. The privilege of an eldest sister of choosing first on a partition of lands held in coparcenary. Britt. c. 72. e Jf.d; Or. 321, note.