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Primogeniture - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Primogeniture : (noun)
1: right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Primogeniture : \Pri`mo*gen"i*ture\ (?; 135), n. [LL., fr. L.
primus first _ genitura a begetting, birth, generation, fr.
genere, gignere, to beget: cf. F. primog['e]niture, L.
primogenitus firstborn. See Prime, a., and Genus, Kin.]
1. The state of being the firstborn of the same parents;
seniority by birth among children of the same family.
2. (Eng. Law) The exclusive right of inheritance which
belongs to the eldest son. Thus in England the right of
inheriting the estate of the father belongs to the eldest
son, and in the royal family the eldest son of the
sovereign is entitled to the throne by primogeniture. In
exceptional cases, among the female children, the crown
descends by right of primogeniture to the eldest daughter
only and her issue. --Blackstone.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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PRIMOGENITURE. The state of being first born the eldest.
2. FormerlyPrimogeniture : gave a title in cases of descent to the
oldest son in preference to the other children; this unjust distinction has
been generally abolished in the United States.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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