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primogeniture

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pri·mo·gen·i·ture  (prm-jn-chr)
n.
1. The state of being the first-born or eldest child of the same parents.
2. Law The right of the eldest child, especially the eldest son, to inherit the entire estate of one or both parents.

[Late Latin prmgenitra : Latin prm, at first (from prmus, first; see per1 in Indo-European roots) + Latin genitra, birth (from genitus; see gen- in Indo-European roots).]

primo·geni·tary (-jn-tr), primo·geni·tal (-tl) adj.

primogeniture
Noun
1. Formal the state of being the first-born child
2. Law the right of an eldest son to inherit all the property of his parents [Medieval Latin primogenitura birth of a first child]

primogeniture
the quality or condition of being a firstborn child. See also law.
See also: Children
the rights or legal status of the first born in a family. Cf. postremogeniture.
See also: Law
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Noun1.primogeniture - right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son
inheritance, heritage - that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

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``Is Richard's title of primogeniture more decidedly certain than that of Duke Robert of Normandy, the Conqueror's eldest son?
Like most of the high nobility, who rightly enough believed that primogeniture and birth were of the last importance to THEM, she preferred to show her distaste for the present order of things, by which the youngest prince of a numerous family had been put upon the throne of the oldest, by remaining at her chateau.
His two sisters and his brother, Raoul, would not hear of a division and waived their claim to their shares, leaving themselves entirely in Philippe's hands, as though the right of primogeniture had never ceased to exist.
 
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