Law. Also fratrage. [ad. med.L. frātriāg-ium, f. L. frātr(i)- brother: see -AGE.] (See quots.)

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1730–6.  Bailey (folio), Fratrage, the partition among brothers or coheirs, coming to the same inheritance or succession; also that part of the inheritance that comes to the youngest brothers.

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1848.  Wharton, Law Lex., Fratriage, a younger brother’s inheritance.

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