Dictionary (n.) A custom, as in some ancient boroughs, by which lands and tenements descend to the youngest son, instead of the eldest; or, if the owner have no issue, to the youngest brother.Thesaurus abalienation alienation amortization amortizement assignation assignment attested copy bargain and sale barter bequest birthright borough-English cession codicil coheirship conferment conferral consignation consignment conveyance conveyancing coparcenary deeding deliverance delivery demise devise disposal disposition enfeoffment entail exchange gavelkind giving heirloom heirship hereditament heritable heritage heritance incorporeal hereditament inheritance law of succession lease and release legacy line of succession mode of succession patrimony postremogeniture primogeniture probate reversion sale settlement settling succession surrender testament trading transfer transference transmission transmittal ultimogeniture vesting will |