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Chemerage

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In old French law

The privilege or prerogative of the eldest. See "Chemier." CHEMrER (Fr.) In old French law. The eldest bom. A term used in Poitou and other places. Guyot, Inst. Feud. c.

18, § 4.

CHEMIN (Fr.) The road wherein every man goes; the king's highway. Called in law Latin via regia. Often spelled chimin. Termes de la Ley; Cowell; Spelman.