MAJORI MINUS INEST

By SovConn | June 3, 2013

majori minus inest (m<<schwa>>-jor-ImI-n<<schwa>>s in-est). [Latin] Scots law. The greater includes the less. • The phrase refers to the principle that any conveyance of a primary right to property includes any lesser rights to that property.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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