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Look up: primogeniture

  1. primogeniture
    [n] - right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Primogeniture
    Pri`mo·gen'i·ture noun [ Late Latin , from Latin primus first + genitura a begetting, birth, generation, from genere , gignere , to beget: confer French primogéniture , Latin primogenitus firstborn. See Prime , adjective , and Genus , Kin .] 1. The state of being the firstborn of the same parents; sen ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/162

  3. primogeniture
    1. The state of being the firstborn of the same parents; seniority by birth among children of the same family. ... 2. 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 th ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  4. primogeniture
    noun right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  5. Primogeniture
    `Primogeniture` is the common law right of the first born son to inherit the entire estate, to the exclusion of younger siblings. It is the tradition of inheritance by the first-born of the entirety of a parent's wealth, estate, title or office; or in the absence of children, by collateral relatives, in order of seniority of the collateral line.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primogenitu

  6. Primogeniture
    • (a.) The state of being the firstborn of the same parents; seniority by birth among children of the same family. • (a.) 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...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. primogeniture
    primogeniture, in law, the rule of inheritance whereby land descends to the oldest son. Under the feudal system of medieval Europe, primogeniture generally governed the inheritance of land held in military tenure (see knight). The effect of this rule was to keep the father's land for the support of ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0


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