Extracted From:
  A LAW DICTIONARY ..., SIXTH EDITION, 1856
  by John Bouvier
  CHILDS & PETERSON, PHILADELPHIA

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

PATRIMONIUM, civil law. That which is capable, of being inherited. 
   Things capable of being possessed by a single person exclusively of all
others are, in the Roman or civil law, said to be in patrimonio; when incapable
of being so possessed they are extra-patrimonium. 
   In general, things may be inherited, but there are some which are said to be
extra patrimonium, or which are not in commerce. These are such as are common,
as the light of heaven, the air, the sea, and the like. Things public, as
rivers, harbors, roads, creeks, ports, arms of the sea, the seashore, highways,
bridges, and the like. Things which belong to cities and municipal corporations,
as public squares, streets, market houses, and the like....

PATRIMONY. Patrimony is sometimes understood to mean all kinds of property but
its more limited signification, includes only such estate, as has descended in
the same family and in a still more confined sense, it is only that which has
descended or been devised in a direct line from the father, and by extension,
From the mother, or other ancestor. 
   By patrimony, patrimonium, is also understood the father's duty to take care
of his children....

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