Patroon
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In old New York law. The lord of a manor. PATRUELIS (Lat.) In civil law. A cousin german by the father's side; the son or daughter of a father's brother.
Dig. 38. 10. 1.
PATRUUS (Lat.) In civil law. An uncle by the father's side; a father's brother.
Dig. 38. 10, 10.
Patruus magnus is a grandfather's brother, — grand uncle. Patruus major is a great-grandfather's brother. Patrwus mnximus is a great-grandfather's father's brother.