PRIMOGENITURE
\pɹˈɪmə͡ʊd͡ʒnˌɪt͡ʃə], \pɹˈɪməʊdʒnˌɪtʃə], \p_ɹ_ˈɪ_m_əʊ_dʒ_n_ˌɪ_tʃ_ə]\
Definitions of PRIMOGENITURE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son
By Princeton University
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right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
By Oddity Software
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State of being a first-born child; in law, the exclusive right of the eldest son to succeed to real estate.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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