mayorazgo
English translation: entailed state/ family state
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right of primogentior or inheritance Explanation: I believe this is it. : ) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 18 mins (2005-07-28 23:05:05 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- correction above: primogenitor (sorry - typo) : ) |
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a law of primogeniture Explanation: Suerte Reference: http://Oxford.dic |
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peer agreement (net): +1entailed estate Explanation: To entail: to make (an estate in real property) a fee tail: limit the descent of (real property) by restricting inheritance to specific descendants who cannot convey or transfer the property. Merriam Webster's Dictionary of Law. Mayorazgo: institución del derecho civil que tiene por objeto perpetuar en la familia la propiedad de ciertos bienes con arreglo a las condiciones que se dicten al establecerla, o, a falta de ellas, a las prescritas por la ley. DRAE |
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peer agreement (net): +1entailed state/ family state Explanation: En 1528 don Pedro había fundado el **mayorazgo** del marquesado de Villafranca recibido de su mujer María Osorio Pimentel ... Patricia, Del diccionario de derecho, economía y política de Ramon LaCasa Navarro e Isidro Diaz de Bustamante que define “mayorazgo” como: “eldest son”, “family estate”; “entailed state”; “right of primogeniture”. Igualmente el diccionario de términos jurídicos de Enrique Alcaraz Varo y Brian Hughes como “Right of primogeniture”; “entailed estate”; “entailment”. My suggestion for this text would be “family estate” or “entailed estate” as the right of primogeniture was not something that Don Pedro created but rather a practice (considered a right) at the time. I attach a few links, but you´ll find many more. I hope this helps you. http://www.answers.com/topic/entailment Entail This is the name given to the legal status of a landed estate when its ownership is restricted through inheritance to biological descendants of the original grantee in order to maintain its size. Originally practiced in New York and the South, entail was abolished, along with primogeniture (inheritance by only the eldest son), throughout the United States before 1800. The practice of protecting large estates through restrictions on inheritance was brought from England, but owing to the vast abundance of available rich land in America, workers and tenants could obtain their own land, and large holdings became less profitable. Also, descendants of landowners could turn to the challenge of earning even greater wealth through their own efforts, and inheritance of large holdings was no longer the major path to wealth. Abolition of entail and primogeniture was part of a general reform movement that included the grant to married women of the right to control their own property and the disestablishment of churches. http://www.online-literature.com/adam_smith/wealth_nations/1... Entails are the natural consequences of the law of primogeniture. http://www.tdwaterhouse.ca/pcs/pt/pt_about.jsp administering a family estate or trust, and preserving and building their wealth for future generations. http://www.asiahistory.or.kr/hwp/abs074.htm The heirs appointed posthumously on the recommendation of family elders received relatively small portions of the family estate. http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Gouverneur_Morris The land of his family's estate would later become the Morrisania neighborhood. ... In 1775, he was elected to represent his family estate in the Provincial ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 hrs 24 mins (2005-07-29 07:11:16 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- my apologies to Patricia and all. What should read here is ENTAILED ESTATE AND FAMILY ESTATE should I not have been sleepwalking yesterday night. Sorry. |
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