patrimonial

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

patrimonial
    adj 1: inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually
           legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral
           lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate";
           "transmissible tradition" [syn: {ancestral},
           {hereditary}, {patrimonial}, {transmissible}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Patrimonial \Pat`ri*mo"ni*al\, a. [L. patrimonialis: cf. F.
   patrimonial.]
   Of or pertaining to a patrimony; inherited from ancestors;
   as, a patrimonial estate.
   [1913 Webster]

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

PATRIMONIAL. A thing, which comes from the father, and by extension, from 
the mother or other ancestor.

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