'Minorat' definitions:

Definition of 'Minorat'

From: GCIDE

Minorat \Mi`no*rat"\, n. [G. Cf. Minor, a.] (Law) A custom or right, analogous to borough-English in England, formerly existing in various parts of Europe, and surviving in parts of Germany and Austria, by which certain entailed estates, as a homestead and adjacent land, descend to the youngest male heir. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]