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Esnecy

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Esnecy [fr. 'snesia, Lat.], a private prerogative allowed to the eldest coparcener, where an estate descended to daughters for want of an heir male, to choose first after the inheritance is divided, Fleta, 1. 5, c. x.

Seniority, the condition or right of eldest; the pri-vilege of the eldest born, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 565.

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