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Webster 1913 Edition
Eigne
1.
(Law)
Eldest; firstborn.
Blackstone.
2.
Entailed; belonging to the eldest son.
[Obs.]
Bastard eigne
, a bastard eldest son whose parents afterwards intermarry.
Webster 1828 Edition
Eigne
EIGNE
,Adj.
1.
Unalienable; entailed; belonging to the eldest son. [Not used.]Definition 2024
eigne
eigne
English
Adjective
eigne (not comparable)
- (law, obsolete) eldest; firstborn
- 1771, Blackstone, William, Sir, Commentaries on the Laws of England, volume 2, page 248:
- Because the canon law (following the civil) did allow such bastard eignè to be legitimate, on the subsequent marriage of his mother: and therefore the laws of England (though they would not admit either the civil or canon law to rule the inheritance of this kingdom, yet) paid such a regard to a person thus peculiarly circumstanced, that, after the land had descended to his issue, they would not unravel the matter again, and suffer his estate to be shaken.
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- (law, obsolete) entailed; belonging to the eldest son