primogeniture

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents.
2. isim The principle that the eldest child has an exclusive right of inheritance.

   “On these grounds, I contend the mere possession of large property, which is all that primogeniture insures, is by no means a sufficient and unobjectionable qualification for a legislator.”

3. isim An instance of such a right of inheritance, established by custom or law.

   “All primogenitures, trusts, rights of presentation, and every other description of entail on real property, movables, or fixtures, rents, annuities, seigneuries, or of any other kind whatsoever, are suppressed, which are from henceforward restored to the class of absolutely free.”