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ultimogeniture

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ultimogeniture [ˌʌltɪməʊˈdʒɛnɪtʃə]
n Law
1. (Law) a principle of inheritance whereby the youngest son succeeds to the estate of his ancestor Compare primogeniture
2. (Law) another name for borough-English
[ultimo- from Latin ultimus last + Late Latin genitura a birth; compare primogeniture]
ultimogeniture
postremogeniture.
See also: Children, Law
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Koch, Die gesetzlich geschlossenen Hofguter des badischen Schwarzwaldes (Tubingen, 1900); Rosalie Horstman Haines The Youngest Sons: Ultimogeniture and Family Structure among German Farmers in Eastern Westphalia 1680-1980, Ph.
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