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.]