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To: Wyätt Gwyön who wrote (13154)	12/30/2006 11:30:58 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 219931

Fantastic discussion of a fine old word I have never heard before. While reading through it, I concluded VN would have - of course! - used the French pronounciation. I was immensely pleased to see languagehat ultimately agreed. His previous lapse is forgiven. Btw, the word is a good example of why Wikipedia is dangerous. It relates majorat to fideicommis, which is utterly wrong as fideicommis in French law appears to be an inherited trust for the benefit of another, not a first-born's primogeniture right. A fideicomiso, in Spanish speaking countries, is much more like a common law trust. An old prof is The Man in this field. links.jstor.org en.wikipedia.org dictionnaire-juridique.com