Esnecy
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[L. Fr. aisnesse; L. Lat. aesnecia, eisnetia, enitia pars, dignitas primogeniti.] In old English law. The privilege of the eldest. A privilege or prerogative granted to the eldest among coparceners, to have the first choice after the inheritance was divided. Fleta, lib.
6, c. 9.
Litt. sect.
244, 245. Co. Litt. 166 b.