Esnecy
Defined in 9 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Eldership. In the English law, this word signifies the right which the eldest coparcener of lands has to choose one of the parts of the estate after it has been divided.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Eldership. In the English law, this word signifies the right which the eldest coparcener of lands has to choose first one of the parts of the estate after it has been divided.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In old English law. The privilege of the eldest; the privilege of the eldest among coparceners, to have the first choice upon division of the inheritance.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Seniority; the condition or right of the eldest; the privilege of the eldestborn, Particularly used of the privilege of the eldest among coparceners to make nu first choice of purparts upon a voluntary partition.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
Eldership; the privilege of the eldest. The right in the oldest copai-cener first to choose a purpart.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
The privilege
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[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.