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Primogeniture is the law of both lands again, and only one elder son inherits his fatherâs mantle and lands.
The Codex Continual » Kharndam Guide: The Phendarm Protectorates
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Primogeniture - so let me get this correct, if we allow the first born irrespective of their gender to inherit heredity titles everything will be alright.
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Primogeniture, by guaranteeing to the firstborn that he will inherit, regardless of whether or not he makes any contribution to the welfare of the rest of the family, similarly lends itself to exploitation.
Energy and Society~ Chapter 13~ The Enlargement and Concentration of Political Power
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Primogeniture, meanwhile, is a long-established practice in many royal families.
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Primogeniture, for example—inheritance of land by the eldest son—was the common-law rule, but not the rule in the county of Kent.
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Primogeniture fulfilled a definite function in the days of military tenure.
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Primogeniture and its substitutes were rules about intestacy; a property-owner could make some other disposition, if he went to the trouble to make out a will.
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Primogeniture, dead in most of New England, vanished from the South by 1800.
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Primogeniture and the fee tail survived in the South, partly because of their system of land use.
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Primogeniture was at least as self evident to the classical liberals as negative rights are to their self-proclaimed descendents, who use the means of the classical liberals for the opposite ends.
jboyd commented on the word Primogeniture
Inheritance or other privilege or position by virtue of being the firstborn
April 1, 2009